DA

7/2/09
The kids at my placement are freaking adorable! I am really going to miss them when I leave. Yesterday, they were so great when I got to placement after being absent Tuesday because they all ran up to me and were all fighting over holding my hand so I ended up in with like three kids on each arm. I have some really great videos of the kids from the last two days (yes we can use our cameras now because the mean man is totally sucking up to us so we don’t tell CCS he made me cry)…but anyways...I can’t wait to share the videos when I get home! Wednesday this week, we spent the afternoon in town eating at the Coffee Shop (Tuna for the first time…woohoo), shopping (a second woohoo), and hanging out on the rooftop restaurant that overlooks the city.

Warning gross content ahead: Another necessary mention in this blog before I leave is just how much we all now know about each other’s bodily functions. Not exaggerating, I think we talk about diarrhea or vomiting every single day. It’s a common topic of conversation at like every cab ride and every meal. So for example, we now all use Catherine’s term DA, which stands for Diarrhea Attack, all the time….one of us has spent an entire hour with diarrhea on the hole toilet at the crater, one of us tried to hold a DA for 2 hours at placement before finally turning pale and sweaty and giving in to the scary, nasty toilets, and one of us diarrhea’d a little in his/her (nameless) pants…seriously just a little.

Amani,
Valerie

p.s. I’ve never really had a roommate in my whole life…so what I’ve learned from this trip is that I have a low tolerance for them…yay for sharing a condo with only Matt when we get back!! :-)