2/27/08:
Well, the day started off okay. I got to school early, and signed in, went to my classroom to put my bag there and then headed to the chapel for teacher prayer time. ---- ok so it’s March 2nd and I have no idea what happened to the rest of that note…
Well, I went to the FELCC (police force against crime, etc) and found a huge line of people. There was a huge line because three policemen were murdered I think the day before by campesinos. So, Gonzalez (lawyer dude) sent me back to school in a taxi…we had to take a detour to school because there was some strike/parade type thing going on in the street! I was feeling very sick to my stomach that day too. Also, I lost my cell phone! I don’t think it was in either of the two taxis we took. I really think that I lost it at school. Like one of my kinder kids took it thinking it was a toy…I don’t know please pray that I’ll be able to find it and not have to buy a new one!
When I got home, I had a fever. I could’ve sworn I had packed a thermometer, but it could have been something my parents unpacked without my knowledge or permission. So, I fell asleep for a bit, and woke up feeling awful and all alone in the house. So, I wrote Wara a note and fell back asleep only to wake up an hour later, when she and Adela arrived feeling better. I took a couple aspirin from my emergency kit and tried to fall back asleep convinced that I wasn’t going to school the next day.
2/28/08:
I woke up feeling ok but still called in sick to work. However, I ended up going to work because I didn’t have a note from the hospital proving that I was sick (per the CECBCC rule…) After a little while of being at school, Miss Shirley and Gonzalez brought me to the Boliviana/Americana Clinic. I was supposed to go back to the FELCC, but the doctor got there late and so we were going to go there instead at 2:30. The doctor prescribed some medicine for my stomach and asked me to do some lab tests for the next day. He also put me on a ‘white diet’ meaning no grease, no oil, etc. No milk, only white rice, white chicken, etc!! Torture! I hate it…please pray that I can recover quickly so I can go back to eating the delicious foods Cochabamba has to offer! :)
So, back at school, we had a hard time finding a lunch that follows those rules…so, I ate two pieces of chicken and nothing else!
At 2:30 Gonzalez and I left for the FELCC and got some of my paperwork done. The lady who was helping us was very crabby! She kept talking to me and almost yelling at me that my fingers were too stiff during fingerprinting, so I got tons of ink all over my hands! Then, we headed to the hospital where I had my blood test done on Monday, and had to go all over the place to pick up all these different ‘certificates’ just to find out that the last and more important place was closed! Just for the results we did all of this! Then, on the micro home, I felt feverish again.
Well, the day started off okay. I got to school early, and signed in, went to my classroom to put my bag there and then headed to the chapel for teacher prayer time. ---- ok so it’s March 2nd and I have no idea what happened to the rest of that note…
Well, I went to the FELCC (police force against crime, etc) and found a huge line of people. There was a huge line because three policemen were murdered I think the day before by campesinos. So, Gonzalez (lawyer dude) sent me back to school in a taxi…we had to take a detour to school because there was some strike/parade type thing going on in the street! I was feeling very sick to my stomach that day too. Also, I lost my cell phone! I don’t think it was in either of the two taxis we took. I really think that I lost it at school. Like one of my kinder kids took it thinking it was a toy…I don’t know please pray that I’ll be able to find it and not have to buy a new one!
When I got home, I had a fever. I could’ve sworn I had packed a thermometer, but it could have been something my parents unpacked without my knowledge or permission. So, I fell asleep for a bit, and woke up feeling awful and all alone in the house. So, I wrote Wara a note and fell back asleep only to wake up an hour later, when she and Adela arrived feeling better. I took a couple aspirin from my emergency kit and tried to fall back asleep convinced that I wasn’t going to school the next day.
2/28/08:
I woke up feeling ok but still called in sick to work. However, I ended up going to work because I didn’t have a note from the hospital proving that I was sick (per the CECBCC rule…) After a little while of being at school, Miss Shirley and Gonzalez brought me to the Boliviana/Americana Clinic. I was supposed to go back to the FELCC, but the doctor got there late and so we were going to go there instead at 2:30. The doctor prescribed some medicine for my stomach and asked me to do some lab tests for the next day. He also put me on a ‘white diet’ meaning no grease, no oil, etc. No milk, only white rice, white chicken, etc!! Torture! I hate it…please pray that I can recover quickly so I can go back to eating the delicious foods Cochabamba has to offer! :)
So, back at school, we had a hard time finding a lunch that follows those rules…so, I ate two pieces of chicken and nothing else!
At 2:30 Gonzalez and I left for the FELCC and got some of my paperwork done. The lady who was helping us was very crabby! She kept talking to me and almost yelling at me that my fingers were too stiff during fingerprinting, so I got tons of ink all over my hands! Then, we headed to the hospital where I had my blood test done on Monday, and had to go all over the place to pick up all these different ‘certificates’ just to find out that the last and more important place was closed! Just for the results we did all of this! Then, on the micro home, I felt feverish again.
I am going to put a couple of videos up of it on youtube one of these fine days!!!:)
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