Just wanted to update that I am alive and well. I just got back from Lima after spending Thanksgiving there. Maybe I´ve been in Peru too long, but this second time around, I did not experience quite as much homesickness (no tears even!).
Everything with work is fine. I presented my project to a big beer company who may be able to help finance the construction costs of the ¨Comedor¨ dining room. (I know it´s like selling your soul to the devil—pleading with the local booze factory for a kid friendly soup kitchen—but I don´t know if I have any shame left in me. See next paragraph.) They will let me know their answer in a couple of months. So, in the meantime, I am a sitting duck just waiting. Grr…
As for the personal, I feel like I could really use an intervention. I think I hit rock bottom! It was over Thanksgiving weekend when I was in the mall at my capitol city. The bathroom had really nice liquid soap for once (which is really rare for Peru). The next thing I knew, I found myself taking out my little bottle of liquid soap that I carry with me and refilling it to the brim! Then, as if that wasn´t enough, I took toilet paper from one of the stalls and stuffed it into my bag. Oye. Someone needs to intervention my ass…I am a poor person´s cry for help!
Anyways, to make myself feel better (and richer), I took advantage of Cyber Monday. This must be a new thing. I would have remembered something so magical…I mean, free shipping everywhere! When I find out about stuff like this, I almost feel like God has laid a hand on me and gave me the blessing to shop so it´s like I have no choice but to obey. (Yes, I´ll lay off the Glee ¨Grilled Cheesus¨ episode.) No worries though, I didn´t ¨balla¨ it out with my American Express, only USD $26.03 was spent. But still, it was enough to make this Peace Corps volunteer feel much better!
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