Ok so these past few weeks have been...not fun.
1) I was attacked by bees, escaped by running out of my house half dressed while neighbors killed the bees with one of my good t-shirts. I thought the coast was clear...wrong...I entered the house and stepped right on a waiting bee. My foot swelled up to the point where I couldn't walk, and then I was high on benedryl for about 5 days. I'm ok now..gracias a dios!
2) While working on preparing one of my classes, I take a breather...leave the house - enter the house - only to find a huge tarantula on my ceiling. I scream, once again run out of my house - and have my old lady neighbor come and sweep it off the ceiling and kill it with a stick...the death of the tarantula brought me some satisfaction, but needless to say, I did not sleep very well that night.
3) It's 8pm, I am helping kids with homework, there is no light. I return to my house at 9:15, still no luz. I enter my house to find that my back door was tore down and 1700 pesos was stolen (about 45 dollars..which is a lot when I get 250 a month). I am currently at a lost, I have not been back to my campo in a week because I am feeling A LOT right now, and it's not good things.
The thing is I live in a campo of 103 people, I had the impression that things were going well, then someone enters my personal space (the one place in the world where I need to feel safe) and pretty much changes my trust in the community, makes me doubt my work and really pisses me off. Oh goodness...I have no idea what to do.... but eat cheese and chocolate. My options are to switch sites or accept the fact that one bad seed shouldn't ruin a batch. Right now I have no idea, and am discussing options with the powers that be in the PC office. But I am safe at the moment and that is all that matters.
I am looking forward to some time at the beach in mid June with some friends, and working hard to save some pesos to make this happen. The week before I have language training which I am really excited about and I'll be in the capitol with access to good food and an actual mall. So not all is bad, the truck keeps on trucking.
Miss everyone more than you know! Hope all is well. And send me a package.
Kisses x x x x
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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