I was abnormally tired today. Morning was pretty successful, I got everything I needed to do in record time, got breakfast delivered early, and was out the door to wait on the road by the designated pick up time for Peace Corps (all the trainees had to go to Jenoi once more for a session). I even had time to chat with my family about how I don't have my ears pierced, the topic of "lopijuice" AKA the word for ass/badonkadonk - no lie, they love the fact that I know that word. Talk about power morning. Note that all conversations take place in Serehule and it takes a mental toll on me every time. SO OF COURSE the day I'm not rushed and on time the bus comes 40 minutes late, right? Right. On the plus side, all of us were able to get and eat our breakfasts! Elizabeth and Alicia even got to get a bean sandwich. I didn't even know Alicia's family sold them until now otherwise I'd be buying them every time we had to get picked up for Jenoi.
Okay, so we finally arrive in Jenoi and have our session (it was 4 hours of a history of development, logistical Peace Corps protocol stuff, and all led by Leon, the Country Director who went to UMass for his MPH). Leon's wife Abby was also there and she is just too kind because she brought fried doughnuts and cold drunks to feed us! Yaaaaaay! We introduced each other and reeled at how small the world was since they live in a town 1.5 hours away from me back in the States. Speaking of which, I just found the craziest thing. There's a PCV (PC Volunteer) named Kelsey who I'm paired up with as a support person in case I have any questions of anything, right? Well, I was adding her on FB when I noticed we had 12 mutual friends - way more than we should since I'm still a trainee who hasn't friended anyone yet. I investigate (read: stalk) further and find that our mutual friends are all my Thai friends that I made when I was studying abroad! I called her right away and she confirmed that we enrolled in the same program! Talk about a small world. I have so many things to reminisce with her in the near future.
It was hot as HELL by the time the session ended and I was so, so, so tired. We went back to Jalanbereh and had lunch but I was either fighting sleepiness or dehydration the entire time because I've never felt so drifty in my entire time here. All of my drowsiness was thrown out, however, when Elizabeth and I discovered a freakin rat in Ida's house so we screamed and ran out to get Ida's host mom to ask her to look through Ida's stuff. We saw one of her bags moving and distinct little footstep sounds. So of course when Bai, Ida's host mom, looks through the bag, the rat wasn't there! Elizabeth went back inside to poke at items in close proximity to Ida's bag and it was behind the poster the entire time. Bai ripped her husband from his shower - they're a pretty good looking couple - so he comes out and they chase the rat to the backyard while Elizabeth and I are standing in Nopetown like 10 feet away from the house, watching them through the doorway. Anyways, we resumed our lunch, I studied, and we waited for Ida to return home. We caught up with her, Elizabeth walked me home, I showered, dinnered, mathed, then bed. Pretty regular night.
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