Beams be up scotty

So,

Yesterday we finally got the last beam in place for the house.  The house is really starting to shape up.  The bodega is also coming along quite well.  This is a small update just to mention that we got the rest of the beams up onto the posts which exciting news.  We've been surfing everyday and a friend took a video of me eating it on my new surf board which is pretty awesome.  I've been trying to upload it, but the internet here is too spotty to get the whole thing up.  I'll keep trying, maybe I'll do it tonight when no-one is on the internet.  It's funny, because when I see a video of me surfing, I realize how terrible I am haha.  But, that's the best part.  I like having to work for it.  It's a pretty amazing sport.  Being in the ocean and trying to judge and predict what this massive living body of water is going to do and where the waves are going to end up on the beach.  Great fun.  Anyways, last night there was also a chili cook-off and Superbowl party which was a lot of fun.  There were 7 chili's entered into the contest and so we got to spend a good portion of the football game eating different delicious chili's.  I want to take this opportunity to congratulate my roommate Bill Hole on his beloved Packers victory.  I know he cheered hard to make that win possible, so well played Bill, well played.  

So this beard that I have is getting out of control, I'm going to be honest with all of you.  In an earlier post I mentioned that the mustache contest had been cancelled and that I was now thinking of keeping the beard.  After discussing this option with many of the people that I live with here, they suggested that I should probably shave well before I leave to avoid having a ridiculous tan line on my face.  I don't feel like I need any more help looking silly so I think I will have to shave the beard off before I come home which seems like it might be disappointing to those of you who voted for me to keep it... sorry everyone.  So I shall remove the poll about whether or not I should keep the beard or shave it, since it's obvious what I'm to do with it now.  However, I'll leave up the other one and take lots of pictures of before and afters to put up here.  So let me know what you would like to see my beard turned into in a week and I shall make it so.  I will be taking some more pictures and putting them up here.  Hope everyone is doing well.

From Nicaragua, this is CJAM.