May 27, 2008 - Journal Entry

Another one bites the dust. I'm staying in bed today. Yesterday the nausea and dizziness didn't go away and I almost passed out during my last shift, cleaning bottles. Yes, I finished all of my shifts. I thought that I would be okay just resting on my breaks. And in my defense, sitting with the babies wasn't so bad. It was only when I exerted energy that I got really dizzy. I didn't eat anything yesterday either for fear of throwing up so that probably didn't help. When I told my mom, she insisted that I let them know I was sick instead of just going right to sleep like I had intended to. So I did and everyone was really nice about it. One girl named Susan even brought me tea. That made me feel a lot more at home here because I always seem to revert back to a three year old, and want my parents or boyfriend to take care of me when I get sick. But I suppose in this case, having friends is the next best thing.

It's 9:00 at night. And it's been a good day. I rested for most of it and I'm feeling much better. I bonded with the girls over dinner and we sang "Across the Universe" songs. I heard some gossip about one of the couples here, which may or may not be true - but we get really bored here without a TV so whatever, it's entertaining. One of the girls named Liz also told me that the wild troop have harassed her on more than one ocassion and that one of the females even bit her! Now I've never had this problem and I was told when I first got here that as long as you respect them, they will respect you. So basically, ignore them and they will ignore you. So much for that. I think they can sense your fear and will pick on you if they know you're afraid. Bullies.

I also got to talk to mom and Omar, which was nice. So all things considered, its been a pretty productive day. Even though I'm feeling better, Zurika decided to leave me off of the schedule tomorrow just in case. So I have to figure out if/when I'm going to head down to the hoks. We'll see...