Sunday, September 21, 2014
Taimati Life
So I am a few weeks into my service as a Peace Corps Volunteer and I will say that it is definitely an adventure. My first day here was difficult. I started off the morning great, but after I made it through my list of things to do that day I hit a wave of homesickness that was affiliated with being a bit tired as well as the realization of not having a set schedule or a given list of things to do. Since then I have adapted to Peace Corps life seemingly well. I wake up each day with a vague idea of what I plan on doing in the spaces of my day and then see where the day takes me. More often than not someone suggests doing something that ends up being an adventure. So far I have visited Cemaco (the site of Mateo, my closest volunteer) with my host mom as she basically sold lottery numbers, I also accompanied her to clean jungle paths in the mountains to her farm (HUGE mosquitoes and spiders), and I have gone twice to search for shellfish on the coast with Mateo and some people from his village (once for piangua and once for kuka leka, both fun to search for and pronounce). Basically I have no idea what I am doing tomorrow, ever. I live very much so in the present, and I have learned to be OK wit that. Of course I still have my meetings and such as hard calendar dates to attend to, but Peace Corps for me so far seems to be all about relaxing, enjoying the ride, and learning what I can while I go.
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