Things have definitely turned around in the past couple of
days for the better in terms of feeling happy, wanting to do the Peace Corps,
not wanting to be in San Diego on the beach with a frozen yogurt in hand (okay,
I definitely still want that) and just being content, feeling wanted and
welcome and ready to do this whole Peace Corps thing. And I have quite a few people to thank for this at least for
the time being. So here goes the
shout outs:
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To Ruth, my twelve year old friend who could not
possibly have more fitting of a name.
Thanks for sitting next to me and smiling when everyone else would leave
the room my first few days. It
meant the world. Literally all my
friends know you’re the only reason I came back. I’ll tell you that someday.
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To Mabel, my sister best friend contact’s wife
in my community. Thanks for
chatting nonstop about anything and everything from what kind of plants are in
your backyard to a history lesson of Paraguay’s last war and not caring that my
response to all your sentences, questions or not is si because I clearly just
am not following.
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To Blas, my contact. Thanks for telling me I’m cool, laughing at my sarcastic on
the side of mean comments and for letting me call you Bobo.
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To Brigida, the nurse in the health post. Thanks for saying “Hola Arianna”
everytime you see me so it looks like we’ve been friends for forever. And for that one time you sent me a
text beginning with “hola amiga”.
You make this whole friends thing easy and simple.
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To Ña Maria, my 94 year old rockstar. Thanks for calling me guapa
(hardworking) because I respond back to you with one phrase in guarani. Talk about a confidence booster.
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To Osvaldo, the doctor. We’ve already been over this. Reference my last blog. But thanks for singing Florence and the
Machine with me and making me feel oh so American.
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To Ana, my 10 year old friend. Thanks for smiling and waving at me
from your classroom because I visited your house that one time. I hope you didn’t get in trouble with
your teacher.
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To Mili, my 3 year old friend. Thanks for giving me a hug in the
health post and for telling me I looked pretty. So did you my princess, so did you.
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To Jesus, my 10 year old brother. Thanks for being so beyond annoying
that when I complain I complain about you, and not life in Paraguay in
general. Also thanks for
letting me call you Jesus without the accent in English. I wish you knew how funny that was to
me.
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To
Aida, my 12 year old sister.
Thanks for defending me when your classmates were whistling at me and
for letting me follow you everywhere like a not so cool older sister does. You’re the best. I’ll try not to embarrass you further
but no promises.
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To my abuela, thanks for the delicious empanadas
after I choked down cow foot stew.
Enough said.
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To Blanca, the 12 year old girl I met
today. Thanks for asking what my
name was after I asked yours. It’s
the simple things for sure.
And there are many many more but
I’ll save them for another post.
And obviously a huge shout out to all of you that have been emailing,
facebooking, texting, letters, the whole deal. I’m going to set up my mailbox this weekend so I’ll have my
new address soon. Your support is
my world right now. And always
will be. So the biggest shout out
is to you guys!!! Love you!
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