I was talking with a friend the other day about how different the life of a volunteer is from the life of my friends back home. I decided to share with her some of my Peace Corps friends current statuses on Facebook. Then, a few days later, a good PCV friend of mine, Kim Ayers, posted something similar to what I'm about to share with all of you.
Since, I like to share my laughter with others I thought it would be a good idea to give you an idea of what my minifeed on Facebook has looked like over the past few months. I have kept the poster's anonymous for their own sake ;)
"Gonna pre-game 25 years with some cow stomach and campo cookies in the sunshine of Paltashaco, Peru while nursing diahrrea and battling fleas. Its not exactly what I imagined as a 10 year old when I would turn into an adult...it's much better."
"Somedays it's like I never learned Spanish. Example: Tried to explain the concept of the World Map to a teacher. She didn't understand. Used different words to explain again. She didn't understand. Changed my pronunciation of certain words. She didn't understand. Mimed the entire explanation... We start the World Map next month."
"I
put pants on this morning. It is the first time I have put pants on in site
since December. The only reason I put pants on is because they are the only
item still clean in my closet. I am so afraid I am going to regret this
decision. Vamos a ver...."
"One
day, Im going to walk in a land where men don't lift up their shirts over
their beer guts to 'cool off '... one very far away day..."
"Just looked up 14 most common symptoms of parasites...I have 9 of them. Fun times."
"Are scrunchies REALLY that uncool? I love mine and will wear it in the States, too!"
"You guys do know that we depend on you all for updates on current events such as: oh, say, when someone attempts to assassinate the president... um, has anything else happened? Wait, is this even true? (Anonymous PCV)'s host mom also says 100 U.S. astronauts have been brought back from space..."
"Just looked up 14 most common symptoms of parasites...I have 9 of them. Fun times."
"Are scrunchies REALLY that uncool? I love mine and will wear it in the States, too!"
"You guys do know that we depend on you all for updates on current events such as: oh, say, when someone attempts to assassinate the president... um, has anything else happened? Wait, is this even true? (Anonymous PCV)'s host mom also says 100 U.S. astronauts have been brought back from space..."
"My host sister asked for my pee to wash her daughter with. Family integration: Complete."
"My new favorite site-blues trick is to ask my host mom if I have lice. I lay my head in her lap and she plays with my hair for about an hour and tells me I don't have lice. :) Awesome."
"For some reason I just realized the absurdity of a job where
like 90% of employees poop their pants. Seriously? Who signs up for
pants-pooping? Who even starts an organization so dedicated to poopy pants?
Also, Doctor Suni says I don't have leprosy, so that's cool."
"Barking dogs and drunk dudes, basically the same thing."
"Rice and potatoes for lunch, then then two hours later second lunch of rice and potatoes. I
just don't even care anymore."
"Frickafrack.
I just got a stink bug in my post-shower hair. I smell. Real bad. Touche dead
stink bug. I flicked you...you farted on me."
It was tough to pick ones I thought were funny because most of this has become really normal. I hope you enjoyed your glimpse into the lives of Peace Corps volunteers in Perú.
"I will look back on this time and beyond all the poetic words and descriptions, all I'll be able to say is... 'That was crazy'
-PCV Peru , Anna Kingman
Until next time,
Brielle
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