Friday, July 31, 2009
It's Official
I am now a PCV. More info later but I am no longer an aspirante but a real Peace Corps Volunteer. The next 2 years of my life has begun!
Monday, July 27, 2009
Weekend Adventure...
So this past weekend I got the grand tour of the ER in Managua. Apparently I have a mystery food allergy. Saturday morning I woke up in my training town with a serious stomach ache and started swelling up like a balloon. A lovely start to the day.
Luckily I had Benadryll and my symptoms started to go away before I even got to the ER and I got to avoid the cortizone shot to the tuckus. I stayed in Managua in a hotel on Saturday night but then I got sick to my stomach (Im pretty sure it was the aftermath of the allergic reaction) and lost like 4 pounds of liquid overnight.
The next morning I was back in the ER getting liquid via an IV and getting my blood tested for infections(?) - so much for avoiding needles. Luckily I don´t have an infection, not even parasites or an ameoba, but I have to be super careful about what I eat now because the doctors weren´t sure what I was allergic to. At any rate I left the hospital with enough meds and Pedialite (absolutely disgusting and tastes like old tequila) to last me a lonnnngg time.
At least this all happened before I ship off to my site which is further north and I was really close to Managua (Ive decided that´s the optimistic way to view the weekend´s events). Now I am feeling much better - I went to classes today, got icecream and a snickers, and only have one more day of training. It´s really disturbing how the simplest things now make me so happy :) My training class is officially swearing in on Friday, the 31st, I really can´t wait that will be the official start of my two years of service!
More posts later on in the week I´ll actually have access to wireless soon - woohoo!!!!
Luckily I had Benadryll and my symptoms started to go away before I even got to the ER and I got to avoid the cortizone shot to the tuckus. I stayed in Managua in a hotel on Saturday night but then I got sick to my stomach (Im pretty sure it was the aftermath of the allergic reaction) and lost like 4 pounds of liquid overnight.
The next morning I was back in the ER getting liquid via an IV and getting my blood tested for infections(?) - so much for avoiding needles. Luckily I don´t have an infection, not even parasites or an ameoba, but I have to be super careful about what I eat now because the doctors weren´t sure what I was allergic to. At any rate I left the hospital with enough meds and Pedialite (absolutely disgusting and tastes like old tequila) to last me a lonnnngg time.
At least this all happened before I ship off to my site which is further north and I was really close to Managua (Ive decided that´s the optimistic way to view the weekend´s events). Now I am feeling much better - I went to classes today, got icecream and a snickers, and only have one more day of training. It´s really disturbing how the simplest things now make me so happy :) My training class is officially swearing in on Friday, the 31st, I really can´t wait that will be the official start of my two years of service!
More posts later on in the week I´ll actually have access to wireless soon - woohoo!!!!
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Site Visit
So I have my site assignment. The department of Matagalpa will be my home for the next 2 years. Totally excited. I´ll be working with secondary schools training teachers in a new business curriculum and working on a culture exchange program with a german school and the rest of my time will be spent writing business plans for local NGOs (and hanging in the local cafe that actually has wifi!!!).
I love the site and all of the people I´ll be working with. Russ if you can manage the weekend trip from Argentina I highly suggest hitting up Selva Negra - it´s a hotel/coffee plantation type place where they have all natural everything and tons of hiking trails. Haven´t been there yet but am definitely planning on it - supposed to be BEautiful. It´s just outside of Matagalpa about 2 - 3 hours on bus from Managua. Keep me posted on your itinerary.
These next few weeks are going to be insanely busy and I´ll be officially swearing in as a volunteer on July 31st - can´t wait!! More updates to come and I´ll get some pictures up when I move into site.
Ciao!!
I love the site and all of the people I´ll be working with. Russ if you can manage the weekend trip from Argentina I highly suggest hitting up Selva Negra - it´s a hotel/coffee plantation type place where they have all natural everything and tons of hiking trails. Haven´t been there yet but am definitely planning on it - supposed to be BEautiful. It´s just outside of Matagalpa about 2 - 3 hours on bus from Managua. Keep me posted on your itinerary.
These next few weeks are going to be insanely busy and I´ll be officially swearing in as a volunteer on July 31st - can´t wait!! More updates to come and I´ll get some pictures up when I move into site.
Ciao!!
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