My conversations with other volunteers here in El Salvador are pretty interesting. We dont talk about international affairs or the current political situation in country. So... what do we discuss over breakfast? Diarrhea, parasites, the current status of the latrine, cockroaches, rats, and roosters. Here's a typical conversation:
Convo #1
Mya: Hey Cholo what's up?
Cholo: Nothin much just telling Emily about the 1000's of cockroaches that were crawling around my latrine this morning. I've been pissing out of my bedroom window since I got here.
Emily: Well atleast you don't ahve rats chewing through your mosquito net every night!
Convo #2
Cholo: Do u still have parasites.
Mya: hell I don't know but i did spend about 4 hours in my latrine last nite. I thought I was gonna die out there.
Cholo: Have you talked to the nurse yet?
Mya: Well yea, but she keeps asking me how my poop looks. If it's liquidy or not. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE? IT FALLS ABOUT 20 FEET INTO THE GROUND! I HAVEN'T SEEN MY POOP IN WEEKS!
Cholo: *laughs hysterically*
So, if you guys think that I overshare on FB please forgive me, but this is my reality right now!
Luv you all,
Mya
p.s. I move to my permanent site in two weeks. I dont know where it is exactly but I do know that I'll be living on the beach. Not like IN THE SAND. More like.....i'll have a house on the beach!!!!! Hopefully ppl will visit me. YEA RIGHT!
Salu
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HMmmm. . . If only I had read this earlier in the summer. . . I love traveling. But only if you would have me. However, I am too broke to travel right now. But maybe just maybe in the summer to come?
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