Bracelets and Boas

8:00 am I wake up to the sound of parrots from outside the bedroom window and mom gently patting me on the shoulder “good morning sweet girl” she said to me “get up because we’re going to Shirri-Puno for our bracelet making class.” I almost jump off my top bunk and race into the bathroom grab the hair brush and yank almost half of my hair out trying to brush it ”yaoow” I scream “I knew I should have taken 5 minutes to braid my hair last night!” After about 5 minutes of painful strokes, I braided it down the side. I brushed my teeth, made my bed and changed my shirt and pants. A few minutes later we’re in Shirri-Puno. Me, Mom, Madeline, and Elijah walked down the clean swept path. Finally we get to the community building and Mrs. Emily introduced us to the bracelet teacher. Her name was Chalie and she was nice. She taught us how to make this awesome kind of bracelet. It was hard for me to concentrate (because I was not wearing socks and the bugs were eating my feet) but I was the first one finished. “I‘m so proud of me” I thought, “I’m even finished before Madeline” and to me is a big thing . We took pictures with Chalie. A few minutes later mom was taking pictures of something. We go down the path past their sacred rock across a foot bridge and then we were next to the craft room. There was an elderly lady with a boa constrictor around her neck. She let us hold it while Mom took pictures. I could feel it squeezing and it felt weird. It was a fun day!