Journal 19

Tuesday, July 4, 2006
Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Dear Journal,

I am sick and because of that, I had a very uneventful day. That’s why I am going to combine yesterday and today’s Journal entry.

Yesterday was the 4th of July and we spent most of the morning trying to organize some “American” food to celebrate. We decided on Hot Dogs, corn, chips, iced tea and ice cream. After class, Susheela, Lashanna, Abbie and I went to Q-mart to get some of the items for that night. Mr. Das had already bought the Hot Dogs, the Iced tea and the ice cream. Susheela had bought corn the day before, so all we needed was some Chips. Meanwhile Kirthi and Nikki went to talk to a High school class about Independence Day and what it meant to them. Christine and Evan had been sick all night, so they were sleeping and resting at the guesthouse. I felt bad all day for them because being sick, especially when you are not at home in your own bed, is no fun. Little did I know that I was going to be sick too and that I was going to be needing the crackers I bought for Christine that day, more than her.

We planned on meeting in the kitchen at 6 p.m. in order to start preparing our food that night, but to our surprise, Mr. Das and his team had already prepared everything. We went upstairs, where a table and some chairs had been set up for us and started setting up some of the food. Kirthi brought up his Laptop and turned on some music and we all started eating. We had everything there, except for the Hot Dogs were still being made. We were all waiting for them with anticipation. However, this anticipation was soon replaced by a slight feeling of disappointment. Even though, we knew that they were going to be “Veggie Hot Dogs,” what we were getting was NOT AT ALL what we had expected…but hey, we should be used to that by now J. The “hotdogs” were little triangle shaped potato and vegetable things, and not Hot Dogs at all. I don’t think any of us were really that disappointed, just confused and surprised. We all just kind of started laughing, because nothing is what you expect here.
After our meal we had some Chocolate cake and ice cream. By this time I was starting to feel funny, so I stayed for a little longer to chat and then headed to bed. I did not get much rest that night and felt very sick, so I did not get up for anything today. I slept until about 10 a.m. and felt a little better than I did that night, but still not good. I stayed in bed all day, trying to take naps and struggling to eat some crackers, so that I could take my Malaria Pill. I hate being sick, because it just makes me feel like I just wasted an entire day… I did have some rice and am now catching up on some schoolwork. But I think I need to head back to bed and lay down, so that hopefully tomorrow will be better…