HEY! thanks for all the comments. i really miss you guys too! i have been expierencing some difficulties here in Belize. Not going to lie. ha. I am currently pretty homesick. Which it has been bad for the past couple of days. There was actually a time where i was for sure going to go back. But then i thought to myself. WTF. why would i do that? yes i miss all of you and my house and pretty much west des moines (ha lame huh), but i guess i've been given an opportunity to come here and plus they chose me so i guess i have a responsibility right? I'll make it through. and knowing you guys got my back makes it soo much easier. Plus i got 14 kids here all rooting for me too. :)
So onward with my activities. I've been at my homestay for about 4 days now. and the community service. We are rebuilding and cleaning up the woman's center and repainting the health center, and leading a clean up crew (which i'm most excited for). Plus, I get to teach the community some miming because we have to put a show on for the villagers later on this week. WOO! see i am spreading the joy of miming. I hope your proud Baker's Dozen. The village is called crooked tree, and there are about 900 people here. It is competly different from Iowa. I mean IOwa might be known for its farm lands and stuff, but this place has it beat. Ha. There are fucking cows everywhere. Or as my roomie Anna likes to call them, BEARCOWS. Because they seriously sound like bears. We have to walk home in the dark sometimes, so they are just there looking at us. It's actually kind of terrifying. But now i've gotten used to it. ha. I like in a family with Miss Ava(mom), Michael (dad), Teri (10 yr. old brother), Michael (19 year old brother), and Ashton (1 year old brother). Its a pretty big family since a lot of the times there are relatives over. Me and Anna also live the farthest away from the community center, so we had like a 30 minute walk there every morning, and we have to make like 6 trips back and forth every day. And the expieriment won't let us get bikes with out helmets. Ha. Lame huh? but i guess i'm getting a good workout. WOO. Belizean life is pretty laid back, which is a pretty big change for me. I guess at home i'm pretty busy all day, with my various activities, and here people are just always chilling. It feels nice, but at the same time, i'm like antsy because i feel like i should be doing something. ha. I guess i'll just have to get used to it. We also got to experience some belizean nightlife. ha. What else is a 19 year old brother good for? He took me and the other girls to this house party place, and that was pretty interesting. I will use a quote from a kid named matt on the trip to explain how it was, "It's funny how you can be thousands of miles away, and in a completly different country, but still, everything is the same." Ha. They just had like a speaker set and played music and we just went crazy dancing. You should have seen me break out the sprinkler. I have made America proud. Ha. I hope they don't think all americans have no rhythm like i do. It was kinda funny because there were like Belizean guys there (BTW lauren the people here are a mix of all different kinds of races. a lot of them are kriol(which is like a spanish/white mix, some are african american, and there are even a lot of asians here, who would've thunk?) and they just creepily watched us. I have some good pictures to show everyone when i get back just to show how creepy they really were. Today we are going spear fishing (Wish me luck i hope i don't spear myself or the others), and then our brother is taking us out to like a karoake/dance place. WOO. ha. That kid really knows how to party. He doesn't come home until like 4 every night. I am truely amazed. How can he do that? and he did it for like 4 nights straight. ha. I'll make sure to make an ass out of myself and sing a great song for everyone there. I'll try to get on the internet more often and i hope you guys are all having fun back at home. I love and miss you guys still!
-Jinny
p.s. i can't wait to come home to the robot sex lucy. Ha. You cannot do that without me. So just get all the supplies ready for when i get home ok Girlfriend? and tell me how wall-e was Missy. And you are watching it with me when i get home ok? hehe
omg jinny it sounds like you are having so much fun! and wall-e was so cute! i LOVED it. we are totally watching it when you get home!
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ReplyDeleteYour brother sounds like Edgar to me!!! Hahahahahaaa!
They would mos def get along, fo sho.
Your days sound fucking insane, but I am soooooo proud of you for sticking with it! :]]]
And your dad totally called me...he wanted to get some info outta me, haha. It was nothing bad, he's just worried about ya.
AWWW!!!
Dayuuum...I have shit I need to tell you, and it totally kills me that I can't say it in a blog!!
But the most exciting thing that happened lately would be my cousin's wedding reception...haha.
My cousin was all like..."If you need any beer or wine or anything, I can hook you up." And I was like, "Haha thanks Nate!" And the place the reception was at was holding another reception in a different room. And it was a lesbian party. And my cousin's girlfriend Audrey and I were invited to join the party, so we did!! And it was pretty fly too. And apparently Audrey's cousin is AJ Turner!! Haha. I totally did not know he has his nipples pierced!! Weird.
And Dina called me today, and she says you are supposed to call her as soon as you get back!! She needs yo measurements, gurrrl.
I miss you so fucking much. I mean...I knew I would, but I didn't think it would be so extreme. And we are fo realz starting a dance crew when you get back. Don't think I am kidding.
I LOVE YOU!!!
You WOULD go clubbing in Belize, haha! It sounds like you are having a fantastic time, I am totally jealous. Don't worry, I promise that we won't do the free robot sex without you, this project definitely demands Jinny participation. I know you're homesick, but stay there, you can do it! I miss you and love you and can't wait to see you! Have fun!
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ReplyDeleteI FUCKING MISS YOU!
Sorry I haven't gotten to comment yet! But it sounds like you are having a pretty sweet time. i am majorly jealous that you got to go clubbing in another country. AND spearfishing. AND cliffdiving. Thats the combination of wonder. I'm sorry you're homesick! And as much as i want to see ya again, I'm freakin glad you stayed! You gotta represent WDM ova there in belize. You can do it girl! Don't worry, you havent missed anything here! We have only gathered boxes for robot sex, but we will wait until you get back to do it. Well I've gotta go off to work, but you enjoy youre leisure time there, because when you come back, its nonstop partying!
I LOVE YOU!
I am hoping that after you leave Belize, they adopt the BD symbol as their flag.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you're having many adventures.
Aw Jinny it sounds like your having such a good time. That seems like such a great expereince. I'm really proud that you are bringing the sprinkler to other countries and Lucy is right, we need to get started on that dance crew we've talked about. There is nothing interesting going on here so dont worry about missing out. I miss you soooo much and ive almost called u to hang out like 10 times already. So this past weekend i went to Chicago to have an interview for the Israel Gap Year thing i want to do. It went pretty well. So when do u get back from Belize n e way?
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Hey guys, can i do free robot sex with you...?
well since you've been gone jinny i've become a man, i went to a strip club, if you want details on it i will so give them to you. belize seems like a tight ass city, spear fishing seems badass. keep hustlin' while you're in belize, and we are totally partying when you get home.
ReplyDeleteI sincerely hope that you used your house party experience to catch up with lucy, megan, and me in the hottie competition.
ReplyDeletehey jinny!
ReplyDeletesorry i haven't commented yet! you come home soon! more exclamation points!!!!
i can't wait till you get back. my summer has been lacking without you here. sorry about the homesickness thing, but it sounds like you are having fun! The nightlife and laid back attitude of Belize sounds like I would like it there. : )
travel home safely! call me when you get back on american soil, i now have a functioning cell phone.
xoxo, grace.