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Tienes Sueño | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

December 4, 2016December 4, 2016 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

On Sunday, November 27, I slept in. I slept in late. I slept til 1:30pm don’t tell nobody. When I wake up on the weekend, my host brother sees my drowsy figure appear and asks[…]

Week Seven: Thank Heaven You’re Done.

November 22, 2016November 22, 2016 First Person ForeignBeauty

Week Seven was a pile of dung. Not really. It was like a roller coaster and I came close to high-fiving Heaven’s gates and dragging my shoes through piles of poo every on a 4-hour rotation.[…]

Pulgas | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

November 20, 2016November 20, 2016 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

Pulgas are fleas. End of week 2 and fleas were in my bed, on my skin, in my life. It’s week 7 of training and they are… still in bed, on skin, in life. I[…]

Los Chuchos | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

November 18, 2016 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

Chuchos are street dogs. This was one of the first things they warned us about on our arrival on September 28. Don’t drink the water! Don’t eat street food! Keep a “wide berth” around the chuchos.[…]

Un Ratito | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

November 15, 2016November 15, 2016 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

My first day in the Ciudad, Guaté, I was picked up by a private driver to go to a medical appointment. After the appointment (about an hour long), I speed-walked to a local restaurant to[…]

Weak Sicks Week Six

November 13, 2016November 13, 2016 First Person ForeignChanges

Nothing came out how I thought it would. At the moment, I feel fine. Not too stressed or overwhelmed, but I am aware that the events of this week were all at stormy sea. Week[…]

Week Five: A Clearing

November 6, 2016November 7, 2016 First Person ForeignBeauty

It takes five weeks for an embryo to look like this: Yep, that’s right, a weird ass octopus the size of a sesame seed. At five weeks “You may notice some pregnancy-related discomforts already. Many[…]

Canche | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

October 30, 2016February 19, 2017 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

Canche means “blonde” but it has expanded its scope to simply mean “white folk.” And don’t confuse canche with cancha, because cancha is “soccer field.” Even though I’m not blonde, I’m a lot closer to a canche[…]

La Chiflada | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

October 28, 2016October 28, 2016 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

Amanda is my first CBT friend. CBT is culture-based training, it just means the 9 weeks we live in a community and learn Guatemala. They have acronyms for everything because government. I am very lucky because[…]

Week Three Came in like a Wrecking Ball

October 28, 2016February 19, 2017 First Person ForeignChanges

Two weeks in and come Tuesday of the third week, I was NOT feeling it. Not feeling training, not feeling the other volunteers, the staff, the classes, the tone, the schedule, the emphasis, nada. NOT[…]