Coup!

When I woke up this morning, it didnt seem like a politically tumultuous day. It is, however.

This is a good CNN article explaining what´s going on as of now. The police and the military are striking for some sort of benifits and pension. They took possesiion of the president Correa around 10 this morning andthen they tear gassed him. He´s already in not such good health because of some recent knee surgery, so that´s worrysome, as it the pictures of him in a gas mask. He´s currently circulingthe city by helicopter, unable to land. Scary stuff.

On the homefront, things are fine. I didn´t have class until 1, so I was just hanging out in the house, when my madre called me and told me not to go to school or out, and to go buy rice. I didn´t understand what was going on. She came home a while later, and then some of her friends who i absolutely love, and we all ate mexican food and watched Ïnto the Wild¨I went to the farmacy to buy my malaria pills, and it was 70 cents for14 pills. What?

People are rallying in support of the president in the big plaza by my house, but its sort of dangerous, and also, if I were to get caught, I would end up getting deported or in Ecuadorian prison, neither of which is desirable.

Food we bought at the store to prepare for an emergency:
-Five pounds of rice
-instant noodles
-a bag of eggs. eggs are sold in bags?
-a half gallon of peach yoghurt
-band aids
-12 chicken wings.

Ready for anything!

We´ve just been watching TV and laying around all day. We went to the store down the street, and identified three groups of thieves on the way. Its going to be a long night, and there is smoke in the distance, but right now we are doign ok. So that´s the news from Quito, now I´m off to play rummy and drink yoghurt.