We are still trying to settle into life here in Peru.  It continues to be pretty tough.  Yesterday I kind of lost it,  I seem to have lost confidence going out on my own.  I keep getting lost in places that should be familiar  and trying to negotiate transport etc etc has proved harder than I remember. It is making me a bit crazy.  However, I´m feeling a bit better today and I´m trying to get over that.

We have moved houses to Martin´s cousin place.  It is more comfortable in that we are now only living with one other person not 4 (one of whom was my mother in law and another a very full on four year old). We are also in a room that has a cupboard so I have been able to unpack some things.  It is also in a quieter area of town so I feel like I have finally got a little headspace.  There is a 25m pool nearby.  We had a visit with Nina which she absolutley loved.  I think she must be missing water too.  I have been running there and doing some laps on a regular basis which really helps me feel good.

The house however does only have a single bed that Martin and I sharing and Nina is on a matress on the floor.  It is also pretty hot so none of us are sleeping that well yet.  It is getting exhausting.  There is also no internet there yet so I am not able to be on that much.  We went to try to get a USB that we can have internet on (what are they called again?) and despite spending literally hours we didn´t really manage to get anywhere.  Maybe we´ll try again soon.   I suppose I better get used to it, that´s life here.

We have decided to move to Chulucanas and rent Martin´s mother´s house from her.  There is someone living there at the moment and we told him that we would wait til he found something.  Should be around 8th of January as that´s when he pays rent each month so he is keen to be out by then.  I am a little nervous about renting from my mother in law because part of the deal is that she stays there about two nights a week.  Two nights is fine but it could turn into more I would imagine.  in the past when we spend lots of time together it hasn´t always gone smoothly.  In saying that we´ve actually been getting on really well and I imagine that having her around to help with Nina may be a blessing.  It´s been pretty hard here without all the support we had in Alice.  I also really like her place and there´s not much else in Chulucanas that I like at all and she really wants us there so it works out all round.

Martin has had some meeting with some people from the municipality who work with farmers.  They have a position they are encouraging him to apply for.  I am trying not to count my chickens before they hatch as jobs can be hard to get but it would be so great if it did work out.  I have also had a job offer teaching English at the private university but it´s full time in Piura so I don´t think that will work out.  The national university said I could work there on the weekends.  While I don´t love the idea of working weekends, as that´s probably when Martin will be around and social thing happen, the money isn´t bad for Piura and it means I would only have to come two days per week and would have the rest of the week to explore other things I want to be involved in.  It would also mean Martin and I can continue to do all Nina´s care with the help of some family hopefully.

So that´s me.  It´s hard but all shall be well I am sure.