Its winter time here in paraguay and its impossible to find anything to write about. This is why my last post dates May and now being July I felt i should at least tell you that not much goes on in the campo, site, in the winter. Really not anything... I luckily had a friend Courntey meet me in Buenas Aires to kill the boredom of examing the inside contents of my head. This was a highlight, of course, as Buenas Aires is now one of my favorite cities in the world and without another thought (besides a quick trip back to the USA) if i found a job there i would move in an instant.
But since that has nothing to do with Peace Corps, I do not feel I should take blog space writing about the beautiful walkable city of BA and write instead about the inner contents of my headspace in the campo in the winter time....
"its cold, its really really cold. i dont want to get out of bed. should i get out of bed? im kinda hungry. its cold, its really really cold............." repeat for about a million more times till 9AM or maybe ten when i finally get up out of hunger and make some tea. I originally thought this was odd of me but after hearing not only from other PCVs but from the community as well, i realize that they dont do anything too. My neighbor gets up and moves her cow and drinks mate in front of the tv while her two children sleep. Speaking of which, they have cancelled school because of the cold and cause of flu season. School starts again August 12th, which causes the cynic in me to come out about the paraguayan "education" system.
Sadly i didnt believe that the typical jaded peace corps volunteer would come out in me, but during the cold, its impossible to find that once hopeful, energentic person instead of the volunteer that sees oneself running on a hamsters wheel, the wheel of paraguayan coruption, lack of education, racism and sexism.
So until that wears off, I better sign off now and hope for some warm days.
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