Phew: Life and Pictures from Arequipa

Well, like Catherine eloquently wrote, it's been a long last month, but things are getting better slowly, progress is being made on the thesis, and preparations are moving forward to head home. I've gotten really sick twice in the last month, Monday and Tuesday I couldn't do anything but lay in bed... I was literally in bed for almost 48 hours straight--it was very rough.

All better now however, and my stress levels are down. It's been a relaxing week--went to see Harry Potter yesterday (opening day), and somehow got tickets. Well, not all of the shows were sold out, it's not as big a thing here in Peru. Besides that we've been working a lot with our advisers on the thesis thing.

One of our friends leaves Sunday for the US, and I automatically said "I'm sorry" jokingly. Then I realized that I wasn't sorry for him, I was sorry that it wasn't us going home! I miss a lot of things, luckily we're back soon to a less stressful and controlled environment. Our days are built around "acceptable dining hours" at the house we eat at. Very sad actually.

Well, I was sick for the Arequipa mission (among other issues and being very occupied as the only translator in Dental) so I have only one album of pictures to share with all of you, but here they are!

Clinic Arequipa