We have really been slacking on keeping the posts updated. Life is good, though, now with one year of service completed. Yes, as of August we have been in site for a year. Half our service has been completed. This is the time when you look back on the last year and wonder what has been accomplished. This is also the time when you think of everything you still want to do and realize how unrealistic it is to do it all in the amount of time left. This is the time when you start wondering if you would actually consider extending your service another six months or another year… or what do you want to do next. But, most importantly, this is the time for mid-term medical tests.
Yep, Peace Corps will be administering medical exams in the coming weeks to see how our health is doing. We’re particularly looking forward to knowing what’s been going on in our bellies for months now. Could it be amebas? Parasites? Bacteria? Or a sort of sick cocktail? Deep inside us we hope to have some of these, because we have been feeling really tired lately, not to mention the other unmentionable effects of these ailments. The only other explanation, like our friend Mike says, would be that we are just plain lazy.
In order to know what’s going on, Max and I will have to take a poop test. This involves the simple sounding, yet quite complicated task of pooping in a very small cup. We are really hoping the turds won’t be too long that day; otherwise some pinching will be required. Good luck Max!! Once the sample has been collected it will be tested for color, texture and, our favorite, ODOR. Someone actually has the job of figuring these out. We don’t even want to know how this works. Anyway, for the time being we’ve decided to stay off beets.
(For those of you who have never enjoyed the wonderful fresh beets available here, they make your poop a deep burgundy color. It’s really scary the first time.)
