CONSTRUCTION! (I.E. digging around in the dirt)

As usual, there was great confusion and last minute changing of minds the night beforabout where everybody was going. But as it turned out, we were all going to go to the construction site at Zaragosa together. They are building a guarderia which is a day care center in the name of a little girl who drowned. It is funded by her mother (who is coming to visit on Tuesday).

I was so flipping excited. As much as I loved working with the kids in Miguel's village, I really, really needed a break. Friday, I had 31 kids and their mothers in the rain, standing ankle-deep in water, waiting to be entertained. I've never been so excited about construction in my life.

I ended up digging all day and moving some blocks around and working really much harder than my body was prepared for. But I loved it.

The men were great to work with, and being in one place with the entire group was great.

A couple kids suffered from hyperthermia. I don't blame them. It was so hot and humid it could have happened to anyone. I ended up digging out my old emergency medicine skills and Connor's blood pressure went back to normal and I really felt much better. I was reminded again why I find health care so rewarding.

I can't really move much because I'm so sore and I have a bizarre collection of maybe 20 bruises on my legs, but I am satisfied because the day was great.