So today is a ship holiday. Approximately every 6 weeks the ship takes a Friday for a holiday, because we don't really get any other holidays off throughout the year. All the office-based positions are closed as well as the school, and the hospital doesn't schedule any surgeries these days. In the ever fabulous Dining room we serve on a Saturday schedule, where we start an hour later than on a weekday (wa-hoo!) and don't serve lunch. At breakfast we serve a variety of lunch-makings and people make their own bag lunches. It is fabulous.
So what did I do with my extra long break today? Went back to bed! I haven't been staying up too late, but for some reason, I was just exhausted this morning. So I went back to bed and slept an additional three hours. Wonderful. Then I took a shower and now I am blogging, I'm going to just chill until I have to be back in the Dining room at 4!
It's also quite cold in my room right now but my computer fan is going so loud that it sounds like it's about to take off. Wierd. Hope it stays with me a couple more months! I think Africa was just super hard on it, dust and crud is caked in every crevice and crack, and the DVD player doesn't like to play. BUT... I'm going to keep it limping along just as long as I can!
In other news, yesterday afternoon I went with a couple of my roommates and others to the Hope center where we painted fingernails and toenails and made balloon animals. Those kids just rip your heart out. They run and jump in your arms and just love being loved on... and I have lots of love to give. There was one really cute kid who basically had his nose eaten away by a Noma, a type of infection, and for some other reason didn't have much for ears left... but kept trying to put on my sunglasses. So cute. One of the roomies took a picture as I didn't have my camera and once I get that from her I will post it up. So fun. The kids had a great time, too, and I was able to help out the one remaining Guinea patient to communicate some stuff to the nurses there that he hadn't been able to. Awesome. Love speaking French.
In yet other news, I need to start thinking about the future. Blerg. Anyone want to offer me a job? :) I truly have no idea what I am going to do. Wait, that's not true. I have LOTS of ideas about what I could do but have no plans as to what I am going to do come January. There are a few different teams here trying to recruit me to come back full time here on the ship, which is not outside the realm of possibility but I'm also not willing to make that kind of a commitment after only being here three weeks so far. I need some more time to evaluate the ups and downs before I make a commitment like that. Also, it would mean raising all the support needed which is a big commitment. I need to write up a new resume and see what kind of jobs are out there and what I might even be qualified for. I'd love to return to Seattle but am also open to other possibilities should they present themselves elsewhere. I'm also looking at a couple of other options overseas. Or maybe Grad school? So yeah, I really don't know yet. BUT... I am absolutely at peace with the not knowing. It will work out perfectly, probably not how I expect or think it will turn out, but perfectly nonetheless. Trust and faith. Love it.
Happy Ships Holiday! Love, K
So what did I do with my extra long break today? Went back to bed! I haven't been staying up too late, but for some reason, I was just exhausted this morning. So I went back to bed and slept an additional three hours. Wonderful. Then I took a shower and now I am blogging, I'm going to just chill until I have to be back in the Dining room at 4!
It's also quite cold in my room right now but my computer fan is going so loud that it sounds like it's about to take off. Wierd. Hope it stays with me a couple more months! I think Africa was just super hard on it, dust and crud is caked in every crevice and crack, and the DVD player doesn't like to play. BUT... I'm going to keep it limping along just as long as I can!
In other news, yesterday afternoon I went with a couple of my roommates and others to the Hope center where we painted fingernails and toenails and made balloon animals. Those kids just rip your heart out. They run and jump in your arms and just love being loved on... and I have lots of love to give. There was one really cute kid who basically had his nose eaten away by a Noma, a type of infection, and for some other reason didn't have much for ears left... but kept trying to put on my sunglasses. So cute. One of the roomies took a picture as I didn't have my camera and once I get that from her I will post it up. So fun. The kids had a great time, too, and I was able to help out the one remaining Guinea patient to communicate some stuff to the nurses there that he hadn't been able to. Awesome. Love speaking French.
In yet other news, I need to start thinking about the future. Blerg. Anyone want to offer me a job? :) I truly have no idea what I am going to do. Wait, that's not true. I have LOTS of ideas about what I could do but have no plans as to what I am going to do come January. There are a few different teams here trying to recruit me to come back full time here on the ship, which is not outside the realm of possibility but I'm also not willing to make that kind of a commitment after only being here three weeks so far. I need some more time to evaluate the ups and downs before I make a commitment like that. Also, it would mean raising all the support needed which is a big commitment. I need to write up a new resume and see what kind of jobs are out there and what I might even be qualified for. I'd love to return to Seattle but am also open to other possibilities should they present themselves elsewhere. I'm also looking at a couple of other options overseas. Or maybe Grad school? So yeah, I really don't know yet. BUT... I am absolutely at peace with the not knowing. It will work out perfectly, probably not how I expect or think it will turn out, but perfectly nonetheless. Trust and faith. Love it.
Happy Ships Holiday! Love, K
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