Day 6 - Uno

I woke up this morning to the rooster crowing...at 5AM. Hopefully he will be lunch sometime soon. For breakfast we had a nice meal of eggs, cheese and rice with the cafe con leche (coffee with milk). The coffee here is REALLY strong and the milk is incredibly thick. My guess is that the milk is is uncreamed since some buttery skin usually forms on the top on the walk back to the guest house.

After breakfast we took the donated dental materials to Dilcia (the Ranch's Dentist) and inventoried them. We brought a lot of materials for fillings and tons of stuff for cleanings. After inventory, we set to work. Today, we worked on Ranch residents. I ended up working on one of the new residents of the Ranch. She is about 10 and was a wonderful dental patient. We extracted one tooth and did a small filling for her today and will likely see her tomorrow for a few more things. All in all today, I extracted 3 teeth, filled one, and treated a patient with dry socket.

Lunch today was an interesting couscous-ish meal which had veggies and chicken in it. The flavor was interesting, but I prefer our variety of couscous. After lunch we took a well-deserved break and hung out at the guest house until dinner. For dinner, we had a very strange mix of food. They gave us a cup full of this milk/flour/banana mixture which had the consistency of warm yogurt along with a big piece of bread and a fresh banana. Everything tasted good, even though the texture was odd and the mixture itself seemed strange for a dinner meal. We also had 1/2 a watermelon that two guys in the guesthouse gave us. Since the watermellon was cold, it was the perfect 'dessert' for our meal.

After dinner, we have started playing cards. We borrowed a normal deck and an Uno deck from one of the volunteers. Uno has been the game of choice for the last few nights. Being dental students, we are all pretty competitive and rag each other mercilessly. As the record stands now, Derek is the Uno master with 7 wins. Alex and Norma are tied for 2nd with 2 wins each and I FINALLY won my first game tonight. Thankfully, I made a quick exit after my win under the guise of 'blogging'. In reality, I just wanted to bask in the glow of victory for the remainder of the night.