The blog is still alive. I've meant to write but my laptop was undertaking a sea voyage or something and I finally got it back yesterday. I saw Ft. Lauderdale all torn up three weeks ago, the Airport Wyndham Hotel without electricity or hot water (I arrived Oct. 31st way after Hurricane Rita) and was told it may not resume until Nov. 8th. But I've been back in DC for last week and a half so no more tropical hurricane ravaged places for me.
Both of my arms are INCREDIBLY sore. This is the first time I've had three shots at the same time. The left arm hepatitis A and flu, the right arm tetanus. In a few weeks I'll be on so many pills they'll constitute an entire meal: typhoid vaccination, malaria pills, etc. This is all in preparation for my trip to India, which I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT!!!! I just have to get through writing three papers before I jump the gun, pack my bags and go without a care to finishing this academic semester.
It's definitely trepidation mixed with overall excited. The last time I went to the South Asian continent (Bangladesh) I HATED it. My family went on a open return ticket and every time my mom returned to the flat without a set date to go back to the U.S. I threw a tantrum and screamed. I was all of 11 years old and really could not handle the heat, humidity, mosquitoes, stench, weird native Bengalis, giant flying cockroaches, two weeks of dysentery, pick-pocketing and beggar children with missing limbs. I think I'm a mite bit more prepared this time around, and its been 14 years!!! I'm ready to go back. With woodsman strength OFF! a month's supply of anti-diarrheal and a set return ticket. Don't get me wrong I am excited but prepared.
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