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First Time Back | A Peace Corps’ Brain on Fire

August 12, 2017August 27, 2017 First Person ForeignBlank Slate

On July 1, my cousin got married. After 9 months outside the US of A, I was returning for 5 days. In late March I bit the bullet and bought the ticket from Guatemala to[…]

Mucha Bulla | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

June 11, 2017June 11, 2017 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

When I moved to site, I treated myself to my first ever bluetooth, wireless speaker. I’m not one for keeping up on technology trends, not until they aren’t exciting and new anymore, then I consider[…]

Mujeron | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

May 20, 2017 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

I’m a new woman! Actually, I’m exactly the same. But I’ve had a Mayan makeover (I couldn’t resist the alliteration). I finally acquired a complete set of traje típico: güipil, corte and faja. A Güipil[…]

Aguacate | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

March 9, 2017March 9, 2017 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

So many beautiful things happened yesterday. And then something hit my back as I walked home from the outskirts. And I saw red. The day started with a 6:40 alarm (early by my standard). I[…]

Póngase de Pie | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

February 19, 2017March 9, 2017 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

On February 12 when I got back to site, I could not apúrase. I was in the secuelas of Early In-Service Training and all that it encompasses (see: Overstimulation in the Oxford English); I needed[…]

Agua Calcetín | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

February 4, 2017February 19, 2017 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

Sock Water. It’s the equivalent of saying “tastes like feet.” During training they took us to a nunnery after practicum. Yes that’s right, the nunnery. after practicum. If you wanna talk about strategic moves, that[…]

La Inauguración Part Dos | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

January 28, 2017February 19, 2017 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

Continuing The First Day of School, January 16, 2017 Camera pulls focus on me in the row of teal chairs in the cancha/basketball court/auditorium. I’m sitting on the end of the row in my recently purchased[…]

La Inauguración | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

January 28, 2017February 19, 2017 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

January 16. The first day of school. Some days are hard here because it’s different and other days are beautiful here because it’s not the same. This day was both. The following are details as they[…]

Popo | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

January 28, 2017February 19, 2017 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

At 935 Euclid Avenue a year ago, I got an email. An invitation to join Peace Corps! I wasn’t expecting to hear from them until at least March and it was February 2nd. I just interviewed[…]

Hembra | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

January 27, 2017February 1, 2017 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

The first week in site, welcome and instructions came in a shower of words from my host mom. Lots of words. At dinner, she’d eat a bite, wipe her mouth and say more. Eat a bite,[…]