Things have been pretty average here at the clinic this week. We saw an American couple today who needed some serious stitches in the face after a motorcycle accident. Word to the wise: if you travel in Central American, DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT get on a motorbike! They are like a fast track to death! I have seen tons of scary motorbike accidents, although these are our first victims to arrive at clinic. Today was this couples first stop on a week long cruise.. guess they ruined that one quickly!
So clinic has been good.. I've been really tired recently because my night time gecko friend is getting more and more bold! Last night he either pooped forcefully on me or fell on me.. eitherway, the force of something falling from above was enough to wake me from a dead sleep (which is impressive, since I truly mean dead sleep). I just shook it off (literally) and went back to sleep, not even a half hour later, it happened again, and I woke up again. I was trying to calmly shake 'whatever it was' onto the floor, when it scurried and touched my skin... that was the end of being calm! I jumped up frightened and shrieked.. which needless to say, woke Danielle my roommate! Anyway, she graciously offered to let me sleep in her double bed with her.. and when I went to investigate my bed in the morning, whatever it was had gone. But I was quite frightened! And I dont know what I'll do tonight! Plus on top of crazy critters.. we have a pack of dogs who hang around our porch now. One of the other volunteers here has a real soft spot for animals so she took to feeding one of the really mangy sick dogs. But now they all crowd around our door (go figure, not hers!) and want to be fed!! Its VERY annoying.. and they are flea and tick infested... which means we find fleas and ticks in our house. I even found a tick in my bed! Which only adds to my nervousness about my bed. And no only do the dogs hang around, they FIGHT! So all night, every few hours there is a huge brawl outside our windows and each time, I'm sure that one dog has been eaten by the others!
Anyway, the nighttime annoyances aside.. I'm very excited today! My care package was supposed to arrive from home.. which is a HUGE deal! If you have never lived away from home, where Canadian (or even North American) goods are few and far between, you really appreciate a little taste of home! I have been ridiculously pumped for my parcel, it was supposed to come yesterday but didn't, so then it was going to come today but for some reason it did yet.. its just dragging out the excitement and anticipation of what my family has sent me! :) And on top of the parcel excitement, we are having a big birthday party for my roommate today! Its VERY exciting!! And we even got someone to bring us a real American cake mix and icing.. and we are just beyond pumped about it! I'm off to help ice the cake now while others take her out for a snorkel so we can set up! I love surprises, but this one is even better than most!!
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