Okay, what´s up everyone? I thought I would put up a quick post before I head out of town this weekend (till Tuesday). I just found out today that I´ll be off to the BEACH! I am excited!!! I´ll be visiting a volunteer in her site with another girl from my program, and the volunteer, Kelly, was at our training session today, so I got to find out a little bit of what we´ll be doing. Apparantly she lives in an urban community, and it can be pretty noisy and stuff, but it is right by the beach, and apparantly it is very HOT. And buggy. But, I can´t wait! I am ready for a little change in the schedule; it´s gotten a tinch boring as of late. By the way, since Costa Rica is bicoastal, after all, I should specify that it is the Pacific Ocean I´ll be visiting.
Anyway, I really don´t have much else to report. Since I´ve been taking the medicine for my hands, they have gotten better. The Medical officer was at our training session today, and she told me she looked up the thing I´d been diagnosed with (which the name escapes me now) on the internet, and apparantly it can be triggered by stress... not too surprising I suppose. It can happen when you completely change everything about your life.
I am getting a little frustrated lately, but I think there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I am one month away exactly from swearing in and getting to my site, and training is bringing me doooooown!!! I love my host family, and I´ll really be sad to leave them, but at the same time, I have no control over my life whatsoever. I have a schedule that is made for me, all these little things I have to do, I don´t make my own food or even decide when I´ll eat, I don´t do my own laundry, I don´t choose anything! It gets very very frustrating at times, but once you are at your site, you are more of another family member than a guest, you negotiate what you want to do for yourself (you don´t have a choice in training), you set your own schedule, you go where you want when you want and do what you want. Aka the life of a normal adult (somewhat normal anyway). But it isn´t all bad! It´s just that sometimes these weeks of training feel soooo long, but all the volunteers say that training is the worst part, and it gets a ton better when you are at your site. Let´s hope so!
Also, I started reading a book in Spanish last night. I got through a page and a half. It is a book for 5th and 6th graders.....Ay.
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Thinking of titles would be my favorite part!!!! i think you should also buy some mace. i will email you pretty soon, but my computer is at my apt and i've been home so eventually ill get some late night email writing done- plus i decided to work on my other writing project and ill have to send you the progress!
Ange, I don't think you have used the same identity more than once yet! So far, i think "willy" has been my favorite. Kate, I went to the annual book sale at the library in the grove and I bought you a book that mom will send you (sometime soon i think) and I bought myself some, too... the Alchemist was one that I got for 50 cents! i haven't read it yet though. I will try to pick up a few more from the racine library for you before mom sends you a package. I love that we posted at the same time before!! it's almost like we were looking at the same stars in the sky at the same time!!! ah...! p.s. i am sure you know this by now, but Ezra is a full time walker!
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