My explosive Valentines Day

Ok yes the title is graphic for those of you who have spoken to me recently but let's just say this V-day was not one for the books. First of all, Reuben's program took a stupid trip to Eastern Turkey for a week?!? They don't get back until tomorrow night but haha I've made such great friends here that I don't really miss him that much! But it's a good thing he's not here because my friend from Uganda came to visit, who you ask? Well that would be traveler's diarrhea/ food poisoning. It came very suddenly and was awful! Now that I'm feeling a little better I can kinda joke about it. I'm not sure exactly how I got it because I haven't eaten anything that someone else hasn't eaten as well. I guess something just didn't sit right with me. But honestly it was probably the worst 36 hours of my life, comparable to when I got Malaria two summers ago :( To make it worse I had a fever and the heat in my room doesn't work to well so I woke up every two hours to put on/take off my hoodie. Worst night ever! Also my roommate is on her phone all night and the walls are paper thin so I can hear everything!! I'm surprised I was so miserable,I've been to less developed regions and NEVER felt this bad. I'm sorry to be such a complainer but I felt awful and she's not very nice, I had to go next door at 3:00am to ask her to be quiet and she still continued to yell on her phone uggghh someone from home bring me good ear plugs!!!

Ok enough complaining, here's a funny story. So I've mentioned that no one speaks English here which really is true. Like professors do and university students but students don't learn English in high school so they pretty much just take a crash course the summer before college so they speak academic English. Anyway I ventured to the pharmacy but I forgot my phrasebook so the first two pharmacies I went to were very unsuccessful. I'm pretty sure both guys thought I was pregnant because I kept rubbing my belly so they were pointing in the general direction of the condoms eek! The third pharmacy I went to I said "toilet" and then rubbed my belly and thank god she understood me! I still came home and googled the name of the medicine to make sure it was legit! I'm feeling a lot better, not 100% but knock on wood the fever hasn't come back and my stomach still hurts but not as bad. Oh well hopefully tomorrow I'll be 100% because being sick is shitty. Literally.


This is a pic of the fresh market that is open on Saturdays. Hopefully I can come off my rice and toast diet in time to enjoy!!