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[yourseventhseal]

I don´t really update that often (obviously) and I realized that it´s nothing here seems that interesting to me any more. I can´t think of anything exceptionally exciting that´s happened here to update about. Today, for example, I woke up, got ready, and ate breakfast. The morning excitement was that there were ants toasted into the bread of my

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[dirty_flamingo]

Sounds like you're enjoying training and the "small" dinners that are characteristic in Latin American homes. Haha. Sometimes I feel envious that I'm not having the Peace Corps experience (we ETed in July) but at the same time I'm excited beyond belief to be returning to Australia. I am in no rush to experience or see poverty - I can see it anytime I want when I come to Miami. Plus, the weekend I spent with a very, very poor campo family was enough to leave a mark for the rest of my life. No water, no electricity, no balanced meals, more kids than they could care for, dirt floor, mud-brick house. After that experience I felt like I needed to do something about it, devote my full two years to helping people like that. But I couldn't afford to at that point. Sucks, but it's true.

I'll be reading your journal often! I've wanted to visit DR for as long as I knew the similiarities between Cuba and DR.

cuidate!