It has been so long since my post that I have actually become to fear my own blog. When friends and family ask about it, I shy away awkwardly, fake left and then jolt the other direction. When I scan my facebook and see other Peace Corps volunteers have published something, I frantically quadruple click my mouse encima the X on the top right corner of my internet page.
But as life has cold-heartedly taught me, the only way to overcome your fears is to face them.
And so you find me here, staring you, JaimeinPC.blogspot.com, in the face. Yes Im slightly chapuda in shame, and yes I am uncertain of how my readers will receive this, but there is no turning back now.
So, how, you ask, will I come to explain all that has happened since September 2011? In the following unorganized, confusing, spontaneous, incoherent paragraph. Please stop reading now if you have a headache, or foresee one.
My father visited for a beautiful week in September, but abruptly left me on my doorstep, alone yet again, with nothing but a few monkey-nail scars and a suitcase full of American-brand coffee. My Peace Corps Partnership Project was approved and my amazing friends and family helped me with $5,810 to build a bridge in my community. December 23, 2011 the bridge was finished and we had an AMAZING Inauguration followed by community Christmas party. I drank table wine and ate 17 bread with pulled chicken sandwiches. My Youth-Jewelry Group bought me a sweater and made me a dress, earrings, necklace and bracelet for Christmas… all with skills learned and money earned through this group. Brought me to tears. My dog abandoned me for another chucha in the community…he will soon be a proud father. I went to Costa Rica for my birthday where I was overwhelmed by how expensive things were (okay maybe El Salvador is cheap), but had an amazing time with my best friends Kim and Jackie (and Adrien). My community dirt road is becoming paved and I now live beside a large hole and a CAT giant machine. Barca beat Madrid over a hundred times. I went to Guatemala for New Years where I had another amazing time…besides for New Years Day where I was assaulted for the third time (gun point). Im fine and safe and actually got away (running- thank you pink sneakers) unharmed. I hiked the Parque Imposible (National Park Impossible). I did a Flea Market fundraiser that gained me lots of points with the community. I ate liver. El Salvador was listed First as most violent country in the word. And Peace Corps decided to take drastic measures to secure the situation in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador… evacuating volunteers from Honduras, and temporarily suspending the program in Guate and ES. Looks like I may be home early.
It is probable that I will write another blog soon, explaining selected parts of this disarray of words further. But for now, that is what I have been doing.
Hopefully, if you are a donor to my bridge project, you received an email with photos or have seen my facebook. The project was an enormous success and I owe every ounce of it to you guys.
Hopefully, if you were somebody who used to be a dedicated “JaimeinPC.blogspot.com” reader you will excuse my hiatus and accept me back into your blog-life.
Hopefully, I gain the courage to put these 3 months of blog-neglect behind me, and once again shower you with my words of wisdom from down here in chicken-ville for the short-sweet time that remains.
