Moving out!

My dad´s trip went really well. He operated the Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday that he was here and then gave some talks on that Thursday and Friday. I went into Managua to go to the conference. On Friday afternoon when it was over we came back to my town which was in the middle of the Patron Saint celebrations. My two best friends in Peace Corps were in town so we went to dinner with them on Friday night. On Saturday we went to the rodeo which was an interesting, as always, experience, and then Sunday morning my dad left. Dad had a good trip and says he wants to come back once or twice before I finish. He invited the two medical students he worked with this trip and the trip in January to spend a month at Maryland.

Leptospirosis, an illness caused by contact with dirty water (infected with animal urine), is rampant in Nicaragua because of all the rain and flooding. 17 people have died from it so far. The health centers have been handing out Doxycycline which is the prophylaxis. That said, I just got back from a baptism party. It was pouring and the gymnasium place they had rented out flooded with dirty leptospirosis water. I couldn´t stop thinking about the cut on my toe. The first thing I did when I got home was wash my feet.

I decided that it´s time to move out of my host family´s house and live on my own. I was afraid to tell them because they tend to hold grudges but they seemed to take it pretty well. In fact, within 12 hours my mom had already called Peace Corps and made sure they would send her a trainee in January when the next new group comes, so I guess she wasn´t too heartbroken. I´ve been looking around for a place and I think I´ve found somewhere. My boss is coming to supervise my classes and talk to everyone I work with so she´ll give me the O.K. or not if I can move in. I´m really excited be on my own and be able to cook and stuff.

There´s only a month left of school so I´m skeptical that the next few weeks will resemble any sort of productivity...