Being able to see Stephen graduate
Not having to worry about a new chimbushi (Pit latrines do
fill up. After five and a half years of PCVs using it, mine was becoming
dangerously full and a new one needed to be built.)
Not having to dig a new trash pit (this same day, I went and
started to dig one anyways. My ataata and a neighbor rushed over to help me.
Initiative is all it takes?)
No anxiety about what I will do for the next year
No anxiety about whether or not I will be hired as PCVL
No anxiety about if my bicycle will last another year (I was
doing great compared to some of my friends’ rides. Those things were barely
hanging on)
No worrying about the wet moulder of rainy season
Being able to continue being a PCV without being
uncomfortable
Far fewer chimbushis (again with the pit latrines. Using
them is fine. I just don’t like that you have to go outside at night or that
they’re perfect hangout spots for snakes, bats, rodents, giant crickets, and
big ol’ spiders)
The end of this stagnation in the village
The number of friends and peers who have great confidence in
my future success
My host family is understanding and accepting of my switch
to Central Province
My future boss is also understanding and communicative in
such a refreshing way
I will be around people most, if not all the time
11 July 2018
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