Today is Independence Day!
It’s kind of hard to celebrate the independence of a country when you are not
in that country. But, we Americans always try our best. This morning I went to
Dr. Arzu’s around 9. We have switched the direction of my project very much but
it still feels important. Yesterday I helped move things from the first floor
to the second. This will allow her to live on the second floor and use the
first as her plant museum./apothecary/healing room. Today, she wanted me to
start mapping her garden. Commuity mapping I am good at, because it consists of
no actual drawing. However, garden mapping I am not good at. It sent my stress
levels through the roof to figure out how to (somewhat) accurately place her
plants on the map. Finally after many frustrating moments, I placed the house
and garden on 4 grid papers and began basic mapping. I am excited to actually
start photographing and labeling plants tomorrow. If I have this done by the
end of the week, it will be a great accomplishment. But I think I can do it!
After stressing myself out
for several hours, my brain was exhausted. Dr. Arzu was pretty tired thanks to
an intense healing session she had. We enjoyed some more tea and called it a
day. She wanted to take a nap so I left and headed to the bunkhouse. There are
2 interns and one staff member from the Cayo site in town. We had all decided
the previous day that we would celebrate the 4th in typical American
fashion, a BBQ of course. When I arrived they had already purchased the food
and started marinating it. We all chilled in the bunkhouse and relaxed for the
afternoon. The staffers decided to stay for the event as well. Despite the fact
that they are not American, they were very enthusiastic. We (and by we I mean
the awesome Cayo people and Sarah) made awesome chicken w/ grilled pineapple,
cheeseburgers, veggie salad, roasted potatoes, delicious oreo pie and chocolate
chip cookies. It was delicious and we overstuffed ourselves like any American
would. Even without fireworks, I’d call it a successful 4th of
July!! Hope everyone back home had a great one as well!!
Sarah enjoying dinner
Zack grilling up cheeseburgers
Noemi with the oreo nonsense
The 4th of July gang
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