Good (?) Day

Haha today was definitely a day to blog about. So I wake up this morning, feeling just about 100% which I was really happy about but then I see that it's raining outside and if you know anything about me, you know I really hate rain. Well the way I feel about rain doesn't even compare to the way the Dominicans feel about the rain. It's ridiculous, they actually think that you'll automatically get Gripe (flu) if you even walk in the rain. The ladies that run the place where I stay almost wouldn't let me walk to work haha, but after much persistance, I was allowed to carry on with my day. Then I get to work to see that the place is basically closed down because of the rain. No one wants to leave, partially because they think they'll like die, and partially because in some places it legit is really hard to leave their houses because of all the water in the streets that isn't easily cleared, which is kind of sad. It would be really hard if your day had to just halt because of a little bit of rain, especially in a tropical climate. It's like the way Texans react to snow, and then putting Texas in the Midwest or something.

But in the short amount of time I did spend at work, I finally came to the conclusion that I am quite certain I have a stalker, or at least a girl at work that gives me way too much attention. And by that I mean she refers to me as baby, strokes my face, my bad, and runs her fingers through my hair everytime she passes by me. She also calls and texts me daily and even showed up where I live last week. So I just had to block her on Facebook and will be having a talk with the superviser here at the clinic tomorrow. I've told her to stop and all and given her the cold shoulder but I was just told today that in the Dominican culture, instead of that being taken as "stop" it can often be taken as "you need to try harder" and well Rossy is seems to be quite the seasoned vet at trying harder haha. My gosh, but oh well, I guess it's something to laugh about haha.

I also finally felt well enough to go on a little run today. Wasn't anything long, but felt good to at least get my heart rate up a little bit and do a little something, because I have certainly been sitting around and being lazy for far too long. I need to be careful though because that isn't really going to help my cause with all the freaking weight I'm losing down here. It really is ridiculous, I can't wait to just feast when I get home haha. And Chipotle, I just can't wait for Chipotle. :)

I then spend the later part of the day in Esperanza's Microfinancing office where I got to hang out with some of the other American interns here and then did my first grocery shopping in the DR. Definitely some good times haha, I'm getting pretty good at living here, or so I'm telling myself. Thank you Wednesday, July 21st for providing some entertainment for me.

Until I have more interesting stories -- JJ