The journey so far...

Here's an interesting recap of my couple of weeks here so far.  I typically would not have that much time to write things except for weekends but right now don't have too many other things to do.

2 Days Prior to leaving: started having sinus like symptons, swollen nasal passages, hard time sleeping at night, lots of headaches etc.

Departure day: altitude plus nasal congestion = not very pleasant flight experiences

Day 1: still congested, starting to adjust to time difference, and toured the leadership center. Upon entering a car pulls up and takes a gun out to shoot at a bird right above our heads.  It happened so quick we just ducked on the ground and the bird fell right in front of me.  I guess the locals needed to scare us a little.

Day 2: Started having a lot of doubts, nasal congestion is improving, experiencing no showers, and very cold nights

Day 3 - 5: congestion is almost gone, able to get some sleep but limited to people partying in the house I was at, discovered warm water for tea, started experiencing knee pain - i will admit that I decided to go on a run to try and clear out congestion.

Day 5: worked all day by myself in the office, contemplating decisions, still congested, headaches

Day 6: slept in and had my own extended church service before going to work, found myself in a not good environment

Day 7: first day in charge of programs, and spending countless hours trying to finish curriculum, and facility inspections, got a good sunburn 

Day 8 - 9 - implemented disciplinary boot camp for 6 graders, got another good sunburn

Day 10  - informed organization of my decision to stay, received a gift of second hand smoke and other things

Day 12 - relocation of environments, developed sore throat, bad cough, chest pain, headaches

Day 13 - 15 - took most of weekend trying to recover from sickness, fatigue, no sleep for several nights, etc, 

Day 16 - 17- still coughing, sore throat - started subbing for classes in school, observing others

Day 18 - sore throat is gone, cough is much better, got to take a hot shower for first time.

day 19 - i thought it was all over - woke to stomach cramps, general fatigue - this is where I am at now.  

There has been a lot of really amazing things happen but it hard to focus on those things when your body goes through so many things and some could have even been prevented.  What else is there to do when you are laying in bed sick, have things that need to get done, and dont want to do anything except run to the bathroom countless times for relief. 

Reminds of a quote a friend told me once: "Sometimes the bottom falls out of your world and the world falls out of your bottom."

Theres about 100 more crazy adventures in the days above but not too much I can actually write about.