A Crappy Week and Yet Not

I have been a bit under the weather all week (yes, I know it is only Wednesday), but I feel like garbage. Thankfully it is not a stomach illness, but only a passing virus. It is difficult to take the time to rest, as I probably should be, as I have already paid my tuition for the week and have an excellent teacher. At the same time concentrating in class is a challenge. My poor teacher, Karina, has to have all the energy for both of us because I have zero. No appetite, no energy, aches and pains, but otherwise fine. The only thing I have skipped this week is yoga -- bummer because it was just what I needed to balance out my days.

In other news Ria was the victim of an ATM scam and someone was able to copy her debit card. She had no idea it had happened until her husband received her bank statment in Holland and it disclosed her account had been emptied. Our host father went to the bank with Ria (the only ATM she has used is connected to a bank) and later yesterday afternoon she went to the police with the Volunteer Coordinator from Nuevos Horizontes. It sounds like there is a very good chance she will be able to get her money back -- her bank in Holland and the bank here are talking to each other. She has taken it all in stride, reminding us all she is alive and unharmed physically. Yes, thank goodness for this!