HIV/AIDS sessions for Health Committee
starting to plant the coffee for next season
I am sorry, but what
happened to May? When did this entire month pass by in an instant and all of a
sudden its June? I feel like I blinked a little too slowly and whoosh. Gone.
Goodbye May 2013! Nice meeting you! Mucho Gusto!
In prospective, this
past month has seemed to flow by, but for me this was a good thing. I felt I
was counting down the days…for my last vacation! So, where is the world
traveler going now?
Will it be Asia for
some Thai food? Perhaps Europe for as much butter, bread and cheese until I
burst or go bankrupt, Africa to feel…even more rural or just listen to jazz in
Cape Town? Not really on the Peace Corps budget (though I did get a raise last
month, thanks ya’ll for paying your taxes in April!).
ride home anyone?
Alright, fine. I will
let the surprise out of the bag before I even leave the country. I am going to
the U, S of A (la osah)! Last minute notice, I know, but I fly home to Phoenix
THIS Sunday, June 2nd then onto Los Angeles to celebrate yet another
wedding, but this time for my cousin Josh Cohen to the adorable and gorgeous
Jaclyn Fromer. It is pretty much a match made in heaven. It was an opportunity
to use up the last of my vacation days and also see most of my mom’s side of
the family since it’s been over two years. I also get to dump stuff off at home
as to prepare in finishing my service and do some backpacking come September! I
am looking forward to it, 8 days is short, but just enough!
In preparing to leave,
I have been wrapping up some of my projects (some I am afraid will never be
finished), visiting families and taking photos to then print and bring back for
them before I finish my service. Printing photos in El Salvador is SO expensive;
it can be up to $1.50 a photo (just 4X6). I have a theory that the ink is bought
through drug money or something. It will be something special I can leave the
people here to remember me by.
carrying a small puppy to the school to find a new home.
I have also been
traveling a bit, doing classes in my pueblo (small town near-ish) and hitching
a lot of rides. It’s close to impossible to NEVER hitch every once in awhile. Hitching
is just simply faster and cheaper than the bus and you get to meet interesting
people. I have hitched on many a camion (large truck using for cows/animals)
with everything from honey and bee keeping materials with the harvesters, to a
pick up full of coconuts (not as comfortable of a ride). I am safe about it; I
always sit in the back and NEVER hitch a ride if there is only one man driving
and no one else in the car, unless I know them. It is one of the many things I
will miss here that I really can’t do back home. I kind of wish people
hitchhiked in the Osah. It would be interesting I think, definitely save people
money on gas, think of the people you could meet!
This month I finally
finished the El Camino (the path/journey) Volunteer magazine which I become the
new editor-in-chief of, so please let me know if you want a copy and I will
e-mail it your way, some the stories are entertaining and there are good photos
too. J
The wallet he made out of plastic trash! (in his hand)
Not much else to
update about, but I look forward to letting you know my adventures back home
and realizations of eating with forks and knifes again instead of scooping with
tortillas. I am definitely looking forward to a hot shower (but maybe not in the
99 degree weather in Phoenix! Ah!). It will be a nice change from the rain and
waiting up for five days for my clothes to dry.
Great update! As always, love the picts. Have fun in the osah!~
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