Every day is a new adventure for me, here in Nicaragua! Today, something especially hilarious happened at the office of Mpowering People. Sometime in the afternoon, Gabriela came running and screaming from the bathroom, shouting " Ayeeee! Hay una garrobo!!" Ingrid and I started laughing like crazy, although I really had no idea what a garrobo was. We ran to the bathroom to investigate this "garrobo", and all of a sudden, an iguana about one foot long pops out of the sink! Ingrid goes absolutely nuts and runs away screaming, towards the office. At first, I was a bit curious about the iguana and stayed behind to stare at it. However, it jumped out of the sink and proceeded to CHASE me, its legs flailing around as it rapidly pursued me, all the way to the office. For some reason, El Garrobo decides to run into the office and terrorize Ingrid, who is terrified of iguanas. Both Ingrid and Gabriela reacted by jumping onto the desks, and I proceeded to join them. ...
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