Aaaaaaaaaand I’m back.
1. June 12-July 12 is a return trip to Perú for proper saludos and goodbyes.
2. No laptop + falta Internet speed means short, sweet, and very random posts.
(If I am no longer subject to 1000 Peace Corps rules I can drive motorbikes and post without consistent content formatting.) #REBEL.
3. First stop: Depart Wyoming for my eighth appointment at the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland.
Prognosis: “You’re fine.” ✅
Two more appointments left at six and twelve months. More blood and pictures.
4. Second stop: DC to NYC to Lima then Trujillo, a city 8-10 hours north of Lima on the coast of Peru.
5. Attend a stunning Peruvian-North American wedding where [past fellow] PCV [future fellow RPCV] Megan-Eileen got hitched to her longtime Peruvian sweetheart, José.
If there was a PhD awarded for completing a dissertation executing Peace Corps goals 1-3, Megan-Eileen would have at least two doctorates after this event.
6. Sunday, 6/16/19: Delayed flight to Lima, missed last flight to Jauja. Oh yeah, this is Peru. I have no control over anything. Adapt! Improvise with a night bus to Oxapampa and a seat mate who made weird noises, smells, and changed his television screen with his bare feet.
Feeling right back at home already.
7. Surprise my host family at 6am a day early. Everyone was still asleep. Eventually, they heard me talking to Site Mate B in the streets and I was greeted with hugs and tears and fried eggs and bread.
It feels like I have been gone less than a weekend, instead of 6 months.
8. Resume life in Peru as if I had just had just stepped out for an elaborately long dream.
Vamos a ver.
Parting Shot:
Shower buddy!
Sending love and smiles.
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Thanks Era! 😘
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Happy to see this.
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😘 Good to catch up to my spirit again.
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I have missed your posts so much! Happy about your bill of health. Happy Solstice!
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Thanks VB! Me too, me too. Happy Summer Solstice from Winter Solstice!
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I’ll miss this (I HAVE missed this) but we will find ways to enjoy your sarcastic, witty humor in another forum, right?! ♥️
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Put it on the to-do list! 😂😘
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What the hell is that in the shower with you?! 😱 Whatever it is, it must feel so clean after a 🚿 . 🤮 it’s been 6 months already?!
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It is a striped spider the size of a small dog. We are roommates. Six months since I left site for physical therapy and training… two months since COS.
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Much love, big hugs, and peaceful thoughts for you!! You have helped me sort out many issues regarding how to write the next chapter of my life. Decided not to go the PC route; not a good fit for this introverted, rebellious aging human. Heading down to Costa Rica instead, to help take care of rescued sloths and monkeys.
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I’ve been watching you pack on FB. So excited for you! Up for a visitor once you’ve settled in? My schedule opened up… 😘
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You and your spirit have been separated too long, try not to get so far ahead of it again. Happy you are there. Love
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Hope that wasn’t a jumping 🕷
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This makes me happy. All of it. Have you moved yet?
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