I should be working on the SPSS portion of my biostats homework right now... is there even one part of that statement that sounds like fun? No - I didn't think so either... so I have tried to deflate from my day by watching "Drumline" and missing the days of marching. Pathetic, huh? I haven't played a French Horn in 10 years, haven't marched in ( Read more... )

It's odd, but I have finally noticed a pattern: when not involved with someone, I get healthier. If the only person I am thinking about constantly is me (because I think about my family and my friends consistently both while I am in and out of a relationship, but not constantly) then I want to do something to make me feel and look better. I will ( Read more... )

Free of parasites!!! I feel so much better!!! I can stay awake all day, I can eat mostly what I want to (just not a lot of it - which is a very good thing), and I only have to make a trip to the bathroom once a day! What an amazing feeling to be getting back to normal! I love it ( Read more... )

I walked into my mom's house about 20 hours ago... I haven't left since. I might stay here another 20 - with nothing but movies, food, the animals and a bottle of wine.

Time to deflate! I can write about my adventures in my last week of Nica later. Now is time to do nothing! Recovering is a good process...

Yesterday was bad... today, after a night of rain and locking myslef in my room for a very long time, I feel better.

Time to head to the bar and see about some rum and some practicing of the Español!!!

(Wrote this quickly and had no time for spell check... excuse the mistakes, please... I know they are many ( Read more... )

I finally felt confident enough today to go to a couple of clinics on my own and was actually pretty proud of my Español... somehow or another, I think this might actually be working! (Except that I still have to think pretty hard before saying anything and am just praying that I use the corret tense with the correct pronunciation... which I screw ( Read more... )

Have you ever wondered how to get the blood off the face of a rooster during a cock fight?

Apparently, you stick the cock´s head in our mouth, either blowing on him or sucking the blood... I was a little unclear on that part and wasn´t sure that I wanted the answer. That´s right, I spent my 29th birthday at a cock fight at one of 7 places here ( Read more... )

29 years ago yesterday, my mom was induced to help her get a very stubborn child out of her body. She wished that that crazy kid would have popped out at the end of May, but no... Then, she was hoping for 29 years ago today (7/7/77), but no... This crazy, stubborn, slow moving, easy-going kid did not come out until two days later. That´s right ( Read more... )

I jumped out of the boiling water into the fire today and I think I want to go back!

My teacher, who speaks English and could help me out of those sticky spots we get into, had to go to Managua today. So, my sub was what I thought this whole experience would be: purely Spanish. THANK YOU, GODDESS, FOR A TEACHER WHO SPEAKS ENGLISH!!!Also, I went ( Read more... )