So here’s my list of “oh man my life is different moments”
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Hanging out at the colmado while my friend is
killing and cleaning chickens to sell.
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Losing the skin on my finger from sweeping my
lawn and then still having to wash my dishes in super chloro-ed water.
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When my neighbor has impromptu cock-fights in
his backyard
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When bathing my dog becomes a barrio-wide
activity
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I’m looking for a cat to keep the rats away
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Covering the “stove” in my “kitchen” with foil
so it’s easier to clean. And yet still finding rat poop under the foil.
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Cooking by candle-light
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When chickens (right now)/ puppies/ lizards/
goats (only once) randomly come into my house
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Hitch-hiking on a weekly basis
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Napping in a puddle of my own sweat (it’s as
gross as it sounds)
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Loving the bachata and the merengue
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Judging prices by how many jumbos it would cost
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Having naked kids come sit in my seats and
demand mentas
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Having my dog follow me on my runs, even when he
doesn’t have a leash on
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When I reached down for a small rock to throw at
the rooster sneaking into my house and was like…whoa, ginny, whoa…
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CHLORO EVERYTHING
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Buying “flea and tick powder” for my dog and
then realizing I got totally gipped. It’s baby powder.
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Washing machines are for wusses.
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When I ate the produce here for the first time
and realized what I had been missing. Mangos.
And the “my life isn’t so different moments” list:
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Still completely freaked out by cockroaches
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Still in love with game of thrones, Friday night
lights, new girl, and any other tv show that can save me from going campo-crazy
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Loving dancing
Fyi I just took a shower after my run and my bucket of water
slipped a bit. As it was slipping in my hand I realized the water was gonna
fall on the side of the tank by the wall where Pedro Santana’s biggest spider
has been living. So I flipped a bit and tried to hop out of my “shower” quickly
just as the spider did in fact come out from behind my tank and start scurrying
up the wall. But I didn’t make it very far. Instead I slipped around for a bit,
jammed my shin into a cement corner and almost completely ate it. Then I started
drying myself off with my towel only to find that ants were all over it. Now
there was no electricity, so how did I know about the ants? Because they
started biting me all over my body. Then I made it back to the house, not quite
dry (like I was gonna keep using that towel…) and it stars to rain. My shin is
killing me, I’m out of drinking water, there is no electricity, it’s raining,
and a year is feeling like a very long time. Tomorrow will be better though!