when you think about moving to haiti, one of the first things people think about are all the diseases that readily available...like a buffet of illnesses to choose from. everyone thinks, "oh, you are moving to a 3rd-world country...you could get hepatitis and aids and malaria and meningitis..." seriously, the list goes on and on and on...
well, i finally got my first haitian "disease" (although, i'm pretty sure i had this when i was younger too). i got ringworm (most likely from one of my kids). i have a little spot under my arm, which isn't that big of a deal...but i also have a spot of it on my face. seriously...on my face??? how is that even fair? it's really not that bad, and norma has given me some medicine for it, but it seriously grosses me out.
i didn't want to talk about it a whole lot last week, with the southland group here visiting because i didn't want to freak any of them out! it's not really a big deal, it's just annoying.
don't worry, i am not planning on posting any pictures of it on here! yuck!
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Saturday, March 15, 2008
old friends, new friends, i love my friends!
After many tears and sadness, our friends left in the big red truck to fly home to Kentucky this morning. I have so many stories and funny things to post from the week...it was AMAZING! I will be putting all my pictures from last week on facebook very soon, but I promised I wouldn't do it until they got home and could put their's up first. So, here is a sneak peek with just a few pictures from the funniest week I've had since moving to Haiti. I am so glad I got to be with so many HILARIOUS people who CONTINUALLY had me and Ashley cracking up! We love you all so much and we miss you a lot!
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
let me see your grill...
first of all...yes, my friends are here and i am having the best week of my life! it's so great to have so many familiar faces around...and it's such a blessing to have so many funny people to make me laugh. i feel like i don't laugh nearly as much in haiti as i do in america. except this week. oh my, the laughing that we have done has been ridiculous! there are no people in the world like kentucky people and definitely no people like southland people!
but, that's another post for another day (with other pictures and lots of crazy stories!)
anyway, on to what i was really planning on writing about. after our dentist's visit last week, several of my children were glad to show me their new clean teeth. one of my poor little girls had to have 5 crowns, 2 teeth pulled, 2 cavities filled, and something else. they had to knock her out 2 days last week just to get it all done. but she was definitely a trooper.
my dear friend, alai, didn't have to have quite as much work done...but he was definitely proud to show me his mouth...and here is what i saw:
he's got a nice shiny new grill. hilarious!
but, that's another post for another day (with other pictures and lots of crazy stories!)
anyway, on to what i was really planning on writing about. after our dentist's visit last week, several of my children were glad to show me their new clean teeth. one of my poor little girls had to have 5 crowns, 2 teeth pulled, 2 cavities filled, and something else. they had to knock her out 2 days last week just to get it all done. but she was definitely a trooper.
my dear friend, alai, didn't have to have quite as much work done...but he was definitely proud to show me his mouth...and here is what i saw:
he's got a nice shiny new grill. hilarious!
Friday, March 7, 2008
so funny!!!
Check out Ashley's video on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpFunLt4-JU
It's so funny you might just pee your pants!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpFunLt4-JU
It's so funny you might just pee your pants!
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
you've got mail...really?
Yesterday was mail day...what a glorious day! I love it when Carmen gets a big bag of letters to pass out!!! The best part about mail day was that I got 4 pieces of mail yesterday! That's the most I've ever gotten (usually I am lucky to get 1 thing!). So thanks to Dad and Bonnie for my Valentine card, Nancy for my letter, and Kimmie for the card and newsletter! What a great surprise!
When it rains, it pours...
I don't know whose idea it was to have a visiting dentist AND for the "Health Department" to give our kids vaccines all in one week, but it has been NUTS!
Having the dentist here is bad enough! Of course, my students have the worst teeth since most of them have never seen a dentist before. I have already had 2 students get "knocked out" for extensive dental work (one of them has to go back for more) and I have at least 1 more. Many more of my students have to go in to have cavities filled, etc.
And to top it all off, today, the "Health Department" showed up to do vaccines...so not only are 1/2 of my students getting tortured by the dentist, they ALL had to have a shot. And apparently, the people giving the shots aren't really trained medical professionals. I saw some of them sticking the needle in, pulling it back out and sticking it back in the child's arm. I also saw several of my kids wiggle and wriggle because they were in such pain.
There are no pictures today. Preschool was too sad for pictures :(
Having the dentist here is bad enough! Of course, my students have the worst teeth since most of them have never seen a dentist before. I have already had 2 students get "knocked out" for extensive dental work (one of them has to go back for more) and I have at least 1 more. Many more of my students have to go in to have cavities filled, etc.
And to top it all off, today, the "Health Department" showed up to do vaccines...so not only are 1/2 of my students getting tortured by the dentist, they ALL had to have a shot. And apparently, the people giving the shots aren't really trained medical professionals. I saw some of them sticking the needle in, pulling it back out and sticking it back in the child's arm. I also saw several of my kids wiggle and wriggle because they were in such pain.
There are no pictures today. Preschool was too sad for pictures :(
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