Comments | july_july_july: I'm back!

july_july_july

I'm back!

Mar 15, 2010 12:56

I got in at 10 pm Pacific or 2 am Haitian time. I would have posted then, but I had a migraine so bad I thought my head was, literally, going to explode. It's a little better, but I now have a shiny new prescription for Midrin. Yays! So I thought I'd write this up before I got a little, you know, loopy ( Read more... )

travelogue, picture this, haiti

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quellefromage March 15 2010, 20:06:53 UTC

You survived the tiny plane of death!! Hurrah!!
Sleep now, for about a week, and we'll see you when you wake up.
Congratulations on surviving!!

july_july_july March 16 2010, 16:17:36 UTC

Thanks! Although...I totally cheated and never even had to get ON the tiny plane. One of the participants had some weird pneumothorax (?) thing and wasn't supposed to travel in small planes. So I got to drive over the entire island! Which was AWESOME.

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july_july_july March 16 2010, 16:18:11 UTC

Duuude. My neck is peeling. They are going to laugh me out of yoga today, I can already tell.

kimmer1227 March 15 2010, 20:12:07 UTC

So glad you made it back safely. Can't wait to hear and see more about the trip.

You're okay for a white girl. *smirky hug*

july_july_july March 16 2010, 16:18:36 UTC

Thanks! I'm going to try and get my act together with pictures tonight. Eeee!

deangirl1 March 15 2010, 20:21:11 UTC

I just wanted to say how in awe I am that you went and actually made a difference. Just wow. You really are an inspiration...

july_july_july March 16 2010, 16:19:48 UTC

Thanks. Honestly, I didn't feel very inspiration-y while I was there. I felt more..."Holy shit, what could I possibly contribute?" I know I did some concrete, helping things, but that country is in real trouble. And Port au Prince is...I don't even know.

deangirl1 March 16 2010, 17:36:33 UTC

You DID make a difference though - both concrete and as an inspiration to others. I know what you mean about Haiti though - it was in trouble before the earthquake and has been for a long time. My hope is that if any good comes out of this, it will be that it has focused world attention on how badly off Haiti is...

kjfri March 15 2010, 20:25:50 UTC

hey - did you rub elbows with Sean Penn while you were there? Seriously, that is so very awesome of you. you rock. unfortunately, while you were away the US did not solve its addiction to materialism and greed.

july_july_july March 16 2010, 16:23:23 UTC

Ha! No, I did not see Sean Penn. And more's the pity. That would have made a great picture. I worked hard and I did what I could, but I cannot wrap my brain around the ration of our contributions to total problems.

unfortunately, while you were away the US did not solve its addiction to materialism and greed.

Aw, damn. And I gave y'all a whole week.

kjfri March 16 2010, 16:44:14 UTC

aw, Sean Penn, yummy-yum-yum. Can you give us another week - maybe we can straighten out the greed-thing by then?