Compass story #6: Excursion Day

There isn't much to say about the day we had the excursion. We went on a boat ride, which was fun. There were all sorts of boats coming up alongside like vendors, and we also got to hear a stereotypically dressed and musically-styled Mexican band, wearing those big sombreros that people from the States tend to expect. "Calvin" (again we were back with the other groups) told the following joke: "There are two polar bears, and they're sitting in a hot tub, and one of them says 'Please pass the soap.' And the other one says, 'What do I look like, a radio?'" He and pretty much everyone cracked up, but I, the literalist, had no idea what they were talking about, and kept looking for word patterns, puns, etc. It wasn't until the next day that Samwise, The Joker and Glove Love told me, "It's funny because IT MAKES NO SENSE! It HAS NO POINT!" "That's stupid." I said. "You're not one to talk, Miss Monk Joke!!!" they responded. (I had told everyone the monk joke on the way to La Vida.)
After the boat ride and lunch, we went to the program's big anniversary party. When we got there, the big screen that had on it what was going on read, "Buenevidos! Welcome!" so we assumed that the celebration would be bilingual. It wasn't. Three straight hours of Spanish, not understanding what the heck was going on. The singing was good (some of the songs we knew in English), etc., so it wasn't that bad. Around the end, the big Compass group performed the Everything Skit.