So much for keeping up with my personal health initiative. No sooner had I gloated about my good fortune healthwise than I got a really bad bout of stomach flu (I think...) and spent three hours in the emergency room getting an IV drip to rehydrate. The doctor said my blood tests came back normal, but as there was nothing left in my body to excrete, they never got a stool sample. Proudest moment in all of this: on the bus coming back from the beach, half conscious and really ill, I managed to lean over the guy next to me and open the window to throw up. He didn't seem too traumatized.
I just thought I'd update everyone on my physical well-being. My friend Sondra is coming in today for 10 days, so I'm glad that the worst of the illness has passed. After the IV, I felt 50% better, and today I feel 75% better. Improvement. Sondra and I are going to spend a few days out at my site to see what I'm up to out there, then we're going to head up to Kuna Yala to sit on a white beach and enjoy each others company. So excited to see her and have some girl time.
As faithful readers may remember, I was going to do a garbage charla on Saturday, but as it turned out no one was around at the time we were going to do it. Not even my community counterpart that was going to do it with me. That's just so Panama. So now I'm changing tactics. I'm going to focus on smaller groups ( between 6-10) and give the charla a few times. I was considering making it kid-friendly and giving a few charlas at my house for them. I think it's a better approach, especially have big community meetings proves really unwieldy. I lose peoples attention really quickly.
Speaking of children, I just bought the first three Harry Potter books in Spanish and a few more puzzles (puzzles are a big hit, Mom) for my community kids. I've had a lot of questions about what people can send for me, but I'd rather that people send things for kids to play with. A few rules: nothing with too many pieces, books are great, as long as they're in Spanish, nothing too technical (remember these kids live below the poverty line, technology is pretty foreign to them), and anything that combines fun and academic themes are GREAT. I almost bought Scrabble Junior (in Spanish, of course) today. I couldn't afford it with the books and puzzles, though. Please let me know if you're interested in sending something down. I'd love to have more stuff for kids to do. Otherwise they're just running around like little feral jungle kids. Which they kind of are, I guess...
Okay, that's my two cents for today. Love and good health to all!
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
La Lucha (The Fight)
So, here I am again, back in site, trying to get work done. The last week has been a flurry of activity. I finished up a conference and went back to site, where 2 busloads of people from the city had descended upon my town to celebrate Semana Santa (Holy Week) in the time honored Panamanian tradition of drinking themselves into a stupor. Nothing says Happy Easter to me like waking up to a man passed out at the bottom of your stairs from the celebrations the night before. I wonder if he hid a basket for me...
After the crowds left and my community pulled itself together, I started walking around, talking to people and getting a read on interest in various projects. I've been encouraged by my APCD (Assistant Peace Corps Director) to abandon (for the time being) my efforts to get my water committee to function. He made the valid point that I'm exhausting myself trying to do something that they're not ready or interested in doing, and it's only making me angry. So, I'm taking his advice and working with people that I like and that are interested in working on something. Speaking of which, the secretary of the water committee asked me yesterday if I would help him lead a discussion about garbage disposal in the community on Saturday. As many of you already know, garbage disposal is not my main passion, but it's definitely lacking my town. And, hey, if he's interested in doing something with me, I'm happy to oblige. Beats the hell out of nagging people until they're worn down and grudgingly agree to work with you. Plus, he's on the water committee, and if this goes well, he could be my in to getting the water committee pulled together. Like the Panamanians say, I'm here en la lucha (in the fight).
On top of that, I'm going with my counterpart, Isela, to Meteti tomorrow or Friday to formally turn in our letters of request to start a cooperative. There's still a lot of work involved, but I think she's sincerely interested in getting this done. Once again, if they're willing to work, I'm happy to do some leg work. As long as it's shared.
Other than that, I've just been doing my thing. I've somehow, miraculously, managed to not get sick since December (knock on wood), so I'm taking advantage and running with the dog and getting stuff done. Eventually, illness of some kind will incapacitate me. It's only a matter of time...
I also spend long hours reading and contemplating my position here. I noticed in my musings recently that I am almost immune to crazy, outrageous occurances. Things that I would have been outraged or shocked by when I arrived ceased to have the same effect. For example, having a Panamanian man invite me back to his house (presumeably to share a fine wine and discuss the complexities of the global financial crisis or debate the pros and cons of public health care) and then in the same breath tell me that he has not one, but two pregnant girlfriends didn't even phase me. I almost wanted to say, who doesn't? You think you're special?! At any rate, my shock-and-awe-o-meter are pretty much constantly on zero.
Alright. I'm tired and that felt a lot longer than it turned out to be! But, I'm trying to be a better blogger. This is not a natural forum for me, but I'm doing my best.
Til next time!
After the crowds left and my community pulled itself together, I started walking around, talking to people and getting a read on interest in various projects. I've been encouraged by my APCD (Assistant Peace Corps Director) to abandon (for the time being) my efforts to get my water committee to function. He made the valid point that I'm exhausting myself trying to do something that they're not ready or interested in doing, and it's only making me angry. So, I'm taking his advice and working with people that I like and that are interested in working on something. Speaking of which, the secretary of the water committee asked me yesterday if I would help him lead a discussion about garbage disposal in the community on Saturday. As many of you already know, garbage disposal is not my main passion, but it's definitely lacking my town. And, hey, if he's interested in doing something with me, I'm happy to oblige. Beats the hell out of nagging people until they're worn down and grudgingly agree to work with you. Plus, he's on the water committee, and if this goes well, he could be my in to getting the water committee pulled together. Like the Panamanians say, I'm here en la lucha (in the fight).
On top of that, I'm going with my counterpart, Isela, to Meteti tomorrow or Friday to formally turn in our letters of request to start a cooperative. There's still a lot of work involved, but I think she's sincerely interested in getting this done. Once again, if they're willing to work, I'm happy to do some leg work. As long as it's shared.
Other than that, I've just been doing my thing. I've somehow, miraculously, managed to not get sick since December (knock on wood), so I'm taking advantage and running with the dog and getting stuff done. Eventually, illness of some kind will incapacitate me. It's only a matter of time...
I also spend long hours reading and contemplating my position here. I noticed in my musings recently that I am almost immune to crazy, outrageous occurances. Things that I would have been outraged or shocked by when I arrived ceased to have the same effect. For example, having a Panamanian man invite me back to his house (presumeably to share a fine wine and discuss the complexities of the global financial crisis or debate the pros and cons of public health care) and then in the same breath tell me that he has not one, but two pregnant girlfriends didn't even phase me. I almost wanted to say, who doesn't? You think you're special?! At any rate, my shock-and-awe-o-meter are pretty much constantly on zero.
Alright. I'm tired and that felt a lot longer than it turned out to be! But, I'm trying to be a better blogger. This is not a natural forum for me, but I'm doing my best.
Til next time!
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Long time no blog
Oh my, it's been a while since I've written. I had that gently pointed out to me by my friend Rosie, so everyone has her to thank for what I'm sure will be a scintillating blog post.
Well, the last month and a half have felt simultaneously like a marathon and a sprint. I have hardly been in site, although it's quickly becoming the place where I most like to be. I've gotten really comfortable there doing things (like taking a shower outside and having passerbys yell "Molly, you're bathing, huh?") that I would have found very bizarre 8 months ago.
I've also been going to conferences, and my family came and visited for a week. We went to a beautiful resort in Bocas del Toro (basically the other side of the country from where I live, and it was my first visit there) and drank delicious, fruity concoctions for a week. I have to say, as wonderful as it was to see my family (I love you guys!) and as beautiful as Bocas was, I felt very out of place there. All of my basic needs were taken care of, and all I had to do was "relax". Turns out I have a hard time doing that. My basic needs and my community efforts are what I do every day, and without that, I was kind of frustrated. At the end, I was kind of antsy to get back to what I understand and know. Sorry Mom, apparently I can never go home.
Things in the community are good. My Mom and I went up to my water source and measured the flow of water and I discovered that my water source is giving out 108,000 gallons of water a day. Which is more than 4x what is needed for the 3 community it serves. This brings up some interesting issues that I'm going to look into in the next few months in an aquaduct study; first, there are houses behind the tank that are using this water, and I think that they're using it for irrigation and cattle (which is a HUGE waste of water); second, the system wasn't designed to take vital things (like pressure and friction) into mind, so the distribution of water in my town is uneven; third, the aquaduct committee is still disfunctional (shocker, I know) and clearly hasn't done repairs on the line for quite a while, as my Mom got to witness when we went up to the toma to repair a tube. As a result, water is escaping all over the line. I need to assemble and conduct a huge aquaduct study to investigate what the problems are exactly, but those are the things that have come up thus far.
Other than that, I have another conference that starts on Sunday that I'm bringing one of my counterparts to. I'm bringing a woman, Isela, that is the head of the burgeoning women's cooperative. Hopefully it'll get off the ground, but if not, I think that this women has the potential to be the next dirigente (mayor, basically) of my town. She's a little firecracker, so I'm excited to see how she handles this conference.
One final note, thank you to my parents for coming down and pampering me and visiting my site. It was hard for me to adjust, but I was really happy to see you and get to spend time with you. I love you both so much!
Alright! Back to site!
Molly
P.S. I just got a new chip for my camera (my old one had a virus) so I'll start taking pictures again. Sorry for the shortage!
Well, the last month and a half have felt simultaneously like a marathon and a sprint. I have hardly been in site, although it's quickly becoming the place where I most like to be. I've gotten really comfortable there doing things (like taking a shower outside and having passerbys yell "Molly, you're bathing, huh?") that I would have found very bizarre 8 months ago.
I've also been going to conferences, and my family came and visited for a week. We went to a beautiful resort in Bocas del Toro (basically the other side of the country from where I live, and it was my first visit there) and drank delicious, fruity concoctions for a week. I have to say, as wonderful as it was to see my family (I love you guys!) and as beautiful as Bocas was, I felt very out of place there. All of my basic needs were taken care of, and all I had to do was "relax". Turns out I have a hard time doing that. My basic needs and my community efforts are what I do every day, and without that, I was kind of frustrated. At the end, I was kind of antsy to get back to what I understand and know. Sorry Mom, apparently I can never go home.
Things in the community are good. My Mom and I went up to my water source and measured the flow of water and I discovered that my water source is giving out 108,000 gallons of water a day. Which is more than 4x what is needed for the 3 community it serves. This brings up some interesting issues that I'm going to look into in the next few months in an aquaduct study; first, there are houses behind the tank that are using this water, and I think that they're using it for irrigation and cattle (which is a HUGE waste of water); second, the system wasn't designed to take vital things (like pressure and friction) into mind, so the distribution of water in my town is uneven; third, the aquaduct committee is still disfunctional (shocker, I know) and clearly hasn't done repairs on the line for quite a while, as my Mom got to witness when we went up to the toma to repair a tube. As a result, water is escaping all over the line. I need to assemble and conduct a huge aquaduct study to investigate what the problems are exactly, but those are the things that have come up thus far.
Other than that, I have another conference that starts on Sunday that I'm bringing one of my counterparts to. I'm bringing a woman, Isela, that is the head of the burgeoning women's cooperative. Hopefully it'll get off the ground, but if not, I think that this women has the potential to be the next dirigente (mayor, basically) of my town. She's a little firecracker, so I'm excited to see how she handles this conference.
One final note, thank you to my parents for coming down and pampering me and visiting my site. It was hard for me to adjust, but I was really happy to see you and get to spend time with you. I love you both so much!
Alright! Back to site!
Molly
P.S. I just got a new chip for my camera (my old one had a virus) so I'll start taking pictures again. Sorry for the shortage!
Friday, February 5, 2010
Long time comin'...
So, it's been a while, I realize (Thanks Mom for spell-checking for me!). Here is what's happened in the last month or so since I've written:
1. I have a house! I'll update pictures on it and give a little digital tour when I've organized it and it looks pretty. It's AMAZING having my own house. It's true that it's not really my own though, because as soon as you have a house, visitors start pasearing to it, and you're really never alone. But, it's okay. I get to cook breakfast, lunch and dinner for myself, and I'm thrilled about that.
2. I have a dog! Okay, this was kind of an accident. The mom stopped nursing her, and no one wants girl puppies because they have babies, so I became the default owner. She's only about 6 weeks old, so she shouldn't be away from her mom yet, but, like I said, the mom's not nursing. I'm doing my best with her right now, but it's hard!
3. I've got a couple potential projects coming up. There's a possibility for some money from an indigenous NGO to work on a project of the community's choice, so I'm going to help them figure out what that project might be. I'm also (hopefully) going to work on developing a community garden project in the coming months, which will be a great way to get some work started and reestablish myself as a professional in the community.
Okay, pictures will come when I get through the city next weekend, I promise. I'll post pictures from the house building, the puppy, and whatever else I have sitting on my camera.
Love and miss you all!
1. I have a house! I'll update pictures on it and give a little digital tour when I've organized it and it looks pretty. It's AMAZING having my own house. It's true that it's not really my own though, because as soon as you have a house, visitors start pasearing to it, and you're really never alone. But, it's okay. I get to cook breakfast, lunch and dinner for myself, and I'm thrilled about that.
2. I have a dog! Okay, this was kind of an accident. The mom stopped nursing her, and no one wants girl puppies because they have babies, so I became the default owner. She's only about 6 weeks old, so she shouldn't be away from her mom yet, but, like I said, the mom's not nursing. I'm doing my best with her right now, but it's hard!
3. I've got a couple potential projects coming up. There's a possibility for some money from an indigenous NGO to work on a project of the community's choice, so I'm going to help them figure out what that project might be. I'm also (hopefully) going to work on developing a community garden project in the coming months, which will be a great way to get some work started and reestablish myself as a professional in the community.
Okay, pictures will come when I get through the city next weekend, I promise. I'll post pictures from the house building, the puppy, and whatever else I have sitting on my camera.
Love and miss you all!
Friday, January 8, 2010
Photos!
Here are some shots of my last 7 days. I've been visiting my friend Kayla in Cocle. We had some friends from college in town: Emily Naftalin, Katherine Ketter, Micaela O'Connor, and Ben (who's last name I've totally blanked out on! Sorry!) Some of these are taken in Cocle, and some in Panama City. I've added CAPTIONS! I'm learning about technology veeeeerrrryyyyy sloooooowly. Sorry...
Love and Happy New Year!
Love and Happy New Year!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Happy New Year!
Coming up on the new year, I was reflecting on where I was last year at this time, and it´s strange to think how different my life was. I´m looking forward to what this upcoming Panamanian year will provide/offer/spring on me. It´s been an interesting four months already, so it´ll be amazing to see what happens when I get under way working in my community.
I´ve been remiss at adding photos to the blog, I´m aware. But I have a whole bunch that I´ll update when I head into Panama City this weekend. The network connection is just so slow out here that I don´t have the time to upload all my photos. It´ll be much faster to do it all at once this weekend. I promise there will be photos!
The holidays haven´t felt like the holidays here. Mostly because instead of wearing sweaters and eating cookies, I´m wearing flip flops and (still) eating rice. Not much changes for the holidays here. Which means that I haven´t had time or reason to miss home, which is good. We´ve entered "summer" in Panama, which means that it´s windier and cooler at night. Which is a blessing. I´ve had some nights recently where I can actually say I got a little cold under just my one sheet. "Cold" is a relative term here.
What have I been doing lately...? I´m learning how to pasear (walk around and visit) with my neighbors and friends like a Panamanian. I´ve paseared to everyones house at least once now, which sounds really easy to do when there are only 27 houses, but it´s hard to do in another language when you´re not entirely certain what the protocol is. I´ve figured it out though, and now I´m pretty comfortable walking into anyones house, sitting down and talking with them. It´s harder than it sounds, I promise.
Other than that, I´ve been hanging around and working with my family a lot. We went out to Puerto Lara (a nearby town where my friend Karen lives) for Christmas Eve day for a soccer tournament. That was an experience. I witnessed the Wounaan´s tradition for celebrating quincenera (a girl´s 15th birthday celebration): apparently they get the birthday girl absolutely plastered (the girl in Puerto Lara was so drunk she couldn´t hold her head up or keep her eyes open), then dance her around while friends and relatives support her physically. It was actually very disturbing for me to see someone, much less a fifteen year old girl, that drunk. I talked to some of my community members, and they said that they do that as well during Semana Santa. That upset me a little, but after talking one-on-one to some of the parents, I realized that they don´t all participate. Some of them recognize that it´s not safe or smart to inebriate a 15 year old to the point of passing out. I´m hopeful that I can have that discussion with most of the parents, because it was very jarring for me. I may not be able to stop it, but I can at least try to discourage the forced intoxication. Alcohol abuse is already a pretty prevalent problem throughout Panama, so I do what I can to set a good example.
Tomorrow will be another big party, and I´m having a community meeting with the women during the day, so it´s a big day for me. I have to prepare for that, and prepare for all night partying and drinking. It should be fun! I´ll take pictures and get them up this weekend.
That´s all I have to report right now. Happy New Year to all! I love you and miss you all, every day!
I´ve been remiss at adding photos to the blog, I´m aware. But I have a whole bunch that I´ll update when I head into Panama City this weekend. The network connection is just so slow out here that I don´t have the time to upload all my photos. It´ll be much faster to do it all at once this weekend. I promise there will be photos!
The holidays haven´t felt like the holidays here. Mostly because instead of wearing sweaters and eating cookies, I´m wearing flip flops and (still) eating rice. Not much changes for the holidays here. Which means that I haven´t had time or reason to miss home, which is good. We´ve entered "summer" in Panama, which means that it´s windier and cooler at night. Which is a blessing. I´ve had some nights recently where I can actually say I got a little cold under just my one sheet. "Cold" is a relative term here.
What have I been doing lately...? I´m learning how to pasear (walk around and visit) with my neighbors and friends like a Panamanian. I´ve paseared to everyones house at least once now, which sounds really easy to do when there are only 27 houses, but it´s hard to do in another language when you´re not entirely certain what the protocol is. I´ve figured it out though, and now I´m pretty comfortable walking into anyones house, sitting down and talking with them. It´s harder than it sounds, I promise.
Other than that, I´ve been hanging around and working with my family a lot. We went out to Puerto Lara (a nearby town where my friend Karen lives) for Christmas Eve day for a soccer tournament. That was an experience. I witnessed the Wounaan´s tradition for celebrating quincenera (a girl´s 15th birthday celebration): apparently they get the birthday girl absolutely plastered (the girl in Puerto Lara was so drunk she couldn´t hold her head up or keep her eyes open), then dance her around while friends and relatives support her physically. It was actually very disturbing for me to see someone, much less a fifteen year old girl, that drunk. I talked to some of my community members, and they said that they do that as well during Semana Santa. That upset me a little, but after talking one-on-one to some of the parents, I realized that they don´t all participate. Some of them recognize that it´s not safe or smart to inebriate a 15 year old to the point of passing out. I´m hopeful that I can have that discussion with most of the parents, because it was very jarring for me. I may not be able to stop it, but I can at least try to discourage the forced intoxication. Alcohol abuse is already a pretty prevalent problem throughout Panama, so I do what I can to set a good example.
Tomorrow will be another big party, and I´m having a community meeting with the women during the day, so it´s a big day for me. I have to prepare for that, and prepare for all night partying and drinking. It should be fun! I´ll take pictures and get them up this weekend.
That´s all I have to report right now. Happy New Year to all! I love you and miss you all, every day!
Monday, December 7, 2009
6 weeks in site and still strong!
I'm pretty good at keeping up with this bloggy thing. I thought I'd be terrible at it, but it gives me a good excuse to go in and use the internet, so I'm actually quite excellent at it.
I'm still alive and well, in a new house in my community, making headway every day (except to day, of course, because I escaped to use internet and eat yogurt). This last week actually was a busy, busy week. I was a little low on Tuesday, and paseared (walked around and chatted) with my community, and then found out that there was a water committee meeting that night. So, I ended up getting to go and see, first hand, what the problems are surrounding the water in the community. Turns out there are a lot...
First, they have an old aquaduct that only supplies water maybe half the time. So as a result people have to fill up big buckets of water to have a store for when there is no water. That's a common problem in Panama, and one that I already knew they had. They are actually pretty good at storing their water safely, so that's not a huge problem.
They also have a metered system, which in general Americans would see as a good thing. You'll know exactly how much you're using, and you'll pay for what you use. Except when you pair that with people filling up big buckets of water, letting them sit for a week, then dumping them out because the water's "dirty", you end up with people wasting a lot of water and still paying for it. And it's the paying-for-it part that they're dismayed by. I suppose if I went from a fixed rate of $2/month to a metered rate of $8/month in the course of a month, I'd be pretty dismayed, also. Especially considering that a day laborer's average pay is $8/day. That's a big difference.
There's also one other big problem that they have. There's a new aquaduct that was built by the "government" (I'm actually not sure who it was built by; I've gotten mixed reports, which leads me to believe that I'll just have to figure it out on my own) that's going to pump water from a river nearby, through a treatment plant, up to the aquaduct, chlorinate it up there and feed it to all 4 communities that are attached to this aquaduct system. They'll have clean, potable water 24/7. Sounds good, right? Wrong. If this aquaduct gets finished, someone else will be maintaining it, meaning there will no longer be a local Water Committee collecting money, checking meters, and more importantly, deciding when to cut people's water off because they haven't paid in three months. The deal with the water committees is that they're assembled from the communities, and all the communities are related to each other. Basically that means that they elect people that aren't going to cut them off. People want family members on the committee because then they won't run the risk of having their water supply cut off if they're delinquent. Which they often are. It's disfunctional, to say the least. But, how do you convince someone that it would be better to have an outside agency managing their water supply, even if that means they're water could get cut? Yeah...dilemma.
Other than that, I'm also working with a women's artisan group that is starting a cooperative to sell their artisan work. They actually just voted on a name yesterday: Mujeres Artesanas Unidas de Pueblo Nuevo or United Women's Artisans of Pueblo Nuevo. I'm going to help them work with an agency named IPACOOP to start their coop and help them through some of the finer points once IPACOOP steps back a little bit. We'll see how that goes...
As always, I miss and love everyone at home. It's still hot here. It's eternally summer here, which I thought I'd love, but I find myself looking for the coolest spots and the coolest times of day and taking advantage of them. Although, I never have to "work" on my tan. Which is a nice little perk. And everyone has a hammock, which is also wonderful. Whoever created the hammock is a genius.
Til next time!
Molly
I'm still alive and well, in a new house in my community, making headway every day (except to day, of course, because I escaped to use internet and eat yogurt). This last week actually was a busy, busy week. I was a little low on Tuesday, and paseared (walked around and chatted) with my community, and then found out that there was a water committee meeting that night. So, I ended up getting to go and see, first hand, what the problems are surrounding the water in the community. Turns out there are a lot...
First, they have an old aquaduct that only supplies water maybe half the time. So as a result people have to fill up big buckets of water to have a store for when there is no water. That's a common problem in Panama, and one that I already knew they had. They are actually pretty good at storing their water safely, so that's not a huge problem.
They also have a metered system, which in general Americans would see as a good thing. You'll know exactly how much you're using, and you'll pay for what you use. Except when you pair that with people filling up big buckets of water, letting them sit for a week, then dumping them out because the water's "dirty", you end up with people wasting a lot of water and still paying for it. And it's the paying-for-it part that they're dismayed by. I suppose if I went from a fixed rate of $2/month to a metered rate of $8/month in the course of a month, I'd be pretty dismayed, also. Especially considering that a day laborer's average pay is $8/day. That's a big difference.
There's also one other big problem that they have. There's a new aquaduct that was built by the "government" (I'm actually not sure who it was built by; I've gotten mixed reports, which leads me to believe that I'll just have to figure it out on my own) that's going to pump water from a river nearby, through a treatment plant, up to the aquaduct, chlorinate it up there and feed it to all 4 communities that are attached to this aquaduct system. They'll have clean, potable water 24/7. Sounds good, right? Wrong. If this aquaduct gets finished, someone else will be maintaining it, meaning there will no longer be a local Water Committee collecting money, checking meters, and more importantly, deciding when to cut people's water off because they haven't paid in three months. The deal with the water committees is that they're assembled from the communities, and all the communities are related to each other. Basically that means that they elect people that aren't going to cut them off. People want family members on the committee because then they won't run the risk of having their water supply cut off if they're delinquent. Which they often are. It's disfunctional, to say the least. But, how do you convince someone that it would be better to have an outside agency managing their water supply, even if that means they're water could get cut? Yeah...dilemma.
Other than that, I'm also working with a women's artisan group that is starting a cooperative to sell their artisan work. They actually just voted on a name yesterday: Mujeres Artesanas Unidas de Pueblo Nuevo or United Women's Artisans of Pueblo Nuevo. I'm going to help them work with an agency named IPACOOP to start their coop and help them through some of the finer points once IPACOOP steps back a little bit. We'll see how that goes...
As always, I miss and love everyone at home. It's still hot here. It's eternally summer here, which I thought I'd love, but I find myself looking for the coolest spots and the coolest times of day and taking advantage of them. Although, I never have to "work" on my tan. Which is a nice little perk. And everyone has a hammock, which is also wonderful. Whoever created the hammock is a genius.
Til next time!
Molly
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