Second Week

It´s our second week in Peru and things are definitely different than last week. I was just getting used to things, and then people left and new doctors came and are prescribing tons of new medicines that I´ve never heard of, and we don´t have as much extra help - it´s rough. Yesterday was really hard because it was just me and the new nurse, and there were so many people that Tania had to come and help us in the pharmacy. Today was the opposite. We have a 3rd person now, which is nice. Today was rough for the doctors since there was only 2 rather than 3. Overall, I think this week has started off a little shakey, but I´m sure it´ll end well (once we all get into the grove of things again).

Sunday Will and I went to church in the evening. It was interesting. They had us come onto stage and say our names and sing...it was a little weird. Tania was joking before we left saying that since I was the only gringa that they would probably want me to do a solo :P They didn´t, but I did get a lot of besitos (cheek kisses). It was a little crazy with all the attention.

We leave for Arequipa on Thursday evening on an evening bus. We get a week or so to rest which will be nice. It´ll be nice to have a room to myself again for a little while, but mostly it´ll be nice to not have such a large suitcase! It´s obnoxious! Anyways, that´s it for today.

Catherine