Bed, Bugs, & Beyond

I’m not one to procrastinate much, just ask my buddies in college and they’ll tell you that finals week is my favorite week of the whole school year.  I’m so “anti-procrastination” that I start studying weeks before finals and am more free than ever when it comes time to actually take them. I don’t say all of this to “toot my own horn”, (although it’s a really rewarding way to study, if you’ve never tried it before, I would highly recommend it) but rather to attempt to explain the quality of this blog.  I procrastinated writing this blog more than I have any paper in my life, and, like any good procrastinator would say, “it wasn’t my fault”. Everything went down two Mondays ago just about the time I was posting my last blog.  As I sat in the rejuvenating presence of the WiFi at the Takana Hotel in town, my body was doing anything but rejuvenating.  Before all of my WiFi-dependent tasks had been finished, I started to feel a little achy, then a little chilly, th...

“Seemingly endless amounts of free-time in the afternoon”--obviously I had no idea what I was talking about in my last post.  After two weeks of being back, I’m starting to get back into the swing of things here at the orphanage (as is my stomach). I should’ve known that the “swing of things here” is always a lot busier than I expect.  There is a lot of work to be done on campus, and as always, other situations have complicated things further. As the only male staff here besides the director, who has his hands more than full, I am in charge of the four remaining orphan boys.  Although it’s “vacation” I still have to get the boys up, make sure their chores get done, keep an eye on them throughout the day, and put them to bed.  Afternoons are tough because, while I have plenty to do and keep me occupied, the boys get bored and naturally come to me to help them find something to do.  Reading books is out of the question for them, so we’ve ended up going down ...