things you realize when you are away

today, as i was sitting in the pharmacy, helping dole out prescriptions to guatemalan after guatemalan, my mouth started to water. an inexplicable urge to eat a turkey sandwich had overwhelmed me, and currently, it is still haunting my every thought. dont get me wrong, i love avocado. i love salsa. i love tortillas. i love black beans. but i also love eating those things once a week, or once a month. instead, i eat them 3 times a day. i love drinking water and not being terrified. i miss those things from home. i miss berries. apparently eating berries here is one of the number 1 ways to get all sorts of crazy shit - and if any of you may know, i. love. berries. strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, cranberries, the unidentifiable berry you get in a muffin at your local gas station. i miss them.

i want eegees.

luckily, i have a main squeeze who is planning my return by bringing me the aforementioned eegees to the airport, and i must remind him immediately that berries must be in the fridge and the candy drawer must be stocked. i am impatiently waiting to walk off the plane, into my mans arms - but almost more importantly, into a brown paper bag filled with a fresh turkey sandwich, frenchfries, and a teagee.

some things

1) abortion in guatemala is illegal, and punishable by death.

2) guatemalans love pancakes.

3) pap smears take only 2 minutes to complete in guatemala.

4) every single hot sauce made here is better than the next.

5) when a mother dies in the hospital in guatemala, the grief and suffering of the family is unmistakable, but the guard in the waiting room kicks them out of the hospital, for creating a scene.