Today I was not able to go to church with Chris and Rich. They are currently in Caye Caulker. I plan on visiting next week so I am excited and I have another person to ask advice on where to stay and where to go. Because I did not go to church I was able to sleep in for a while longer but since it is really hot here in Belize, a while longer was 30 minutes more. Once awake I prepared myself an omelet with spinach, onions and tomatoes, which would go well with my doxycycline (malaria medication). After sitting around all day not really doing anything productive I decided to head to the UB campus and use internet for a while to read emails, Facebook (is this a verb?), check on class work and talk to loved ones. It was then that I was informed about the Human Bot fly. Apparently this fly is here in Belize and had the unfortunate chance to watch extraction of the larvae from an individual who had visited Belize. Fun stuff! Now I’m a little freaked because the mosquitoes here are crazy and the bug bites hurt like crazy. Once it was dark (around 6:45pm) I walked back with Ruud (student from the Netherlands, doing research on Belizean culture) and Suzie. We parted ways and once home Suzie and I went over all the surveys looking at all the qualitative answers and finding ways to generalize the answers to make data entry easier. By 11:30pm we had completed all the qualitative answers and were exhausted and ready for bed.
Today (Sunday) I slept in until 9:30Am, a first for me this entire time I have been in Belize. After eating breakfast I started to study for my final exam but halfway through, because of the hot climate I had a mini nap and woke up at 1:45pm. I continued to study while Suzie watched the Women’s world cup final (Japan vs. US). After studying a considerable amount of time and watching the medal awarded to Japan, Suzie decided to leave to go on campus and use the Internet while I stayed home and continued to study. At 5:15pm, tired from studying I took a break and watched TV. There is nothing better than flipping through channels when your brain is exhausted. At 6:15pm I decided to go out for a jog, which was very refreshing. By the time I returned back home it was 6:45pm and the sun was setting. Suzie then returned 15 minutes after and I continued to workout. After my workout I prepared myself for bed and also started thinking about how far the needs assessment process has come. Tomorrow we will only have 4 houses to return to and then we enter data. It blows my mind how quickly time has gone by and I don’t know where the time has gone. Its really funny, I entered Belize at 25 and I’m leaving Belize 26. Time really has flown by.
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