Visit in Ucupe

Last night I spent the night with my old host family in Ucupe. This is the 3rd time I have visited since moving in late January. 

The excitement of the street was a turkey that managed to climb up to the roofs of the houses. He was hanging out above my host family's back patio. Harry, a young neighbor, climbed up to chase the turkey down. Always an exciting adventure in the campo!  

The culprit

 Then, as usual, my 6-year-old niece Dayana asked to sleep with me. So after brushing teeth, we went to crawl in bed. Though the summer is ending, the heat has not let up too much yet and even with an open window, there was no breeze or air movement. When she sleeps, Dayana just emits heat. She always had. So I was too hot to sleep and Dayana was taking up a big portion of the bed. At 1:30am I thought about carrying here back to the other room where everyone else sleeps. Then I realized I was sleeping the way they do every night, only I just had a 6 year old. My host mom and an adult neighbor sleep in a twin bed together. My aunt and my 8 year old niece sleep in a twin bed together. And Dayana sleeps in a bed with her mother. So why was I complaining?? I rolled over, made a pillow out of a sweatshirt, and Dayana and I slept through the night. 

Dayana and me the next morning