Friday, December 3, 2010

summer vaca has begun!!!!

It’s been almost 2 months since my last update, oops!! As most of you probably already know, I had surgery the last week of October. I’ll spare you of all the unpleasant details because I’m okay now and feeling much better! To sum it up, I had what’s called a Dermoid Cyst and the doc says it’s probably been growing for about 2-3 years now. It was pretty large and they ended up having to take out my left ovary and part of the fallopian tube, but luckily everything on my other side is fine and dandy! I do have tons of pictures from the surgery and of the cyst if anyone is up for seeing the nastiness of it, let me know haha. I was in the hospital for about a week between San Ignacio and Asuncion, and then I stayed at my boss’s house in Asuncion for a week after to recover. They are one of the nicest families I have ever met and they were so generous while I was there. I got back to site about 3 weeks ago, and everything’s been going smoothly! When I got back, my 7 year old best friend greeted me when I got off the bus and helped me carry my bags back. He’s absolutely adorable and I’m really worried about what I’m going to do when I have to leave him after 2 years. His name is Abran and he basically lives at my house. He comes with me everywhere and everyone here calls him my son. Love! Anyway, my friend Sarah stayed with me a couple days after I got back to help me buy groceries, clean my house, and get situated again. Since then, I honestly haven’t been doing much. We had a health workshop in AsunciĆ³n last week. I brought my 15 year old friend and I think she got a lot out of it. It was her first time leaving our community, so that’s kind of cool. Then all the volunteers went to Encarnacion to celebrate thanksgiving American style! We ate turkey and mashed potatoes and all the goodies...super rico. There was also an amazing pool so we spent thanksgiving working on our tans . School ended today for summer vacation, so lessons in the school have wrapped up. I’m planning a 3 week summer camp including sports, arts and crafts, and health topics for January and February. Speaking of summer, it’s been HOT! Yesterday it reached 103 degrees and I had to shower 4 times to stop sweating. Can’t wait for the heat of January to roll around…

I come home in 2 weeks for Christmas and new years! It’s almost incomprehensible knowing I’ll be back home so soon. The differences between Paraguay and Jamison, PA are absolutely ridiculous. I’ll get to see what reverse culture shock feels like, that’s for sure! I can’t wait to see all your beautiful faces!!  you’ll have to call my house line or something because I’ll be cell phone-less, but let’s hang out! See you soooooooon!