Algo breve...

I have my first Guatemalan cold...estoy muy constipada (congested). My favorite false cognate after embarazada (pregnant). I just finished baking in the sun in Parque CentroAmerica as a part of my healing process. Though my parents still don`t believe that it gets cold in Xela - they were here for a lovely warm spell - it has indeed been freezing during these past days. On Monday I walked home from el cuartito, my preferred cafe, with frozen nose and toes. The result: a "summer" cold and a quiet, tired mood. Just about a month until my good friend Holly arrives and we travel for a week, ending at the International airport in Guate City. I fly to Austin on August 20th. But I shouldn`t get ahead of myself. Between now and then I have three sermons to prepare, a long list to accomplish of "everything I ever wanted to do in Guatemala," fiestas de despididas, last visits to every cafe. I will leave with things undone and I will plan to return.
I`m moving through the Brothers Karamazov at a rapid pace...hoping my parents´ 1960 edition doesn`t fall apart before I finish. I just completed "The Grand Inquisitor" and wish I had a discussion group here. Instead I talk to myself and consider getting a Spanish version just to use quotes in sermons or studies at the church.