Me Duele el Cuerpo

Dear Chris Kwon,

¿Que más loco? ("What's up man?" in Spanish slang)

This blog should be the most boring of all time. I'm trying to break a boring record, so encourage it. Since I have returned from the depths of the amazon, my life has been nothing but painful. On Tuesday, not only did I bruise my shin on one of the numerous randomly-placed poles in this city, but I came down with a gnarly fever. I'm sure most of you know about that. My host family wasn't around that night, so I toughed it out all by myself. It was painful to sleep. On Wednesday morning, I told Susy that I had a fever. She grew very concerned, gave me a pill (again, I will accept anything here) and a huge jug of juice. I slept and facebook stalked all day. At night, I felt better and by this morning I was at 70%. A less painful stomach ache replaced my fever. I went to school. Halfway through school, I felt feverish again. I decided a half hour walk wasn't in my future, so I took a bus. I asked the bus driver if his bus went to Ave América, which is pretty close to where I live. He said yes, so I hopped on. Bussing takes as long as walking for some reason. 5 minutes before we reached Av América, the bus turned onto a different street. I jumped up and ran off the bus. I managed to look really upset, but knew it was not my place to call out the bus driver on his lies. I painfully climbed home (this last bit being the hardest part of my walk).

Sorry to complain, but I must warn you, the Amazon isn't a great friend. We now have a mutual understanding to be civil but never try be good friends.

In other news, there is a girl at FUDIS (my service learning place) who is from New York. Her name is Olivia. She is part of a volunteer group that signs up to stay in a location for 6 months or a year. She was lucky enough to draw FUDIS. She has to live there- and see Ines regularly. I think my service learning goal has changed from "entertaining the patients" to "keeping Olivia from killing Ines."

As usual, I am looking forward to the future. On Saturday, I have tentative plans to go hiking. On Sunday, we're having a superbowl party. We're having a barbecue and I'm really excited for cheeseburgers. Queen Latifa is singing the national anthem?! We have midterms on Wednesday, so I can imagine the rest of my weekend will be full of study. I leave for the galapagos in a week. And (most importantly for your future's) I come home in less than two months!

Today is free first Thursday, so go get your culture on at one of the fabulous museums in Washington (or wherever you are).