Sweet tooth

Well, the tooth fairy has been most unkind to my hubby. It turns out he has an absess tooth and has to have oral surgery tomorrow. I can almost hear the collective gasp clear down here! Yes, he is going to a good dentist. No, he doesn't have to be med-evac-ed out of here. Yes, the dentist is American educated (born there, too, I guess). No, he doesn't have to be put under...they're doing a local anaesthetic. Peace Corps has been very accomodating and really wonderful about everything. I am going to stick around Quito with Jeremy through Wednesday morning and then, we're headed out to Puyo. It is the same problem tooth that has been filled, root canalled, crowned...and now semi-canalled again (because the first dentist did a poor job...but that's another story for another time) and over a thousand bucks later, it has to be fixed yet again...this time on uncle sam's dime. A most unpleasant experience for all involved.

Okay, so the optimist in me, must now move on to the positive parts of this story. Let's see. I had a super yummy dinner last night at Sports Planet---a knockoff of --fill in the blank--American sports bar. I had a FAB veggie wrap, fries, and a brownie a la mode with warm caramel, whipped cream and hot fudge drizzled on the plate. It was awesome. I keep thinking about it! Sadly, Jer's tooth prevented him from enjoying a burger...so he had tomato soup and sprite (which is pronounced the same way in Spanish, as in English, as we found out.) Okay, wait, I'm supposed to stay positive. So, in addition to enjoying a great dinner last night, I had a nice long, hot shower (with great water pressure) this morning and a warm, freshly baked croissant for breakfast. YUM! Also, on the positive side, we just so happened to run into the only other Peace Corps volunteer who served in Puyo...at the dentists office of all places! I had a great conversation with him...and he had nothing but good things to say about the town. He gave us lots of tips for living in Puyo and cool places to go. He is staying at the same Hostel as us, so we're planning on having dinner with him tonight and get an in depth briefing on Puyo and Peace Corps life. Which, ironically enough, is what we were supposed to be doing these last few days: staying with a fellow Peace Corps volunteer south of Puyo. So, we'll still be accomplishing something...and the delay will only put us one day behind in meeting with our counterpart organizations. Here's a link to some new photos. Until later, comrades. share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8AbOHLhy0cNGep