Soylent Green is people!
Homesickness hit me hard yesterday. Perhaps it was because I was left to my own devices in a town with which I am unfamiliar or perhaps it was inevitable that I would long for the familiarity of home. Whatever the reasons homesickness hit me like a ton of bricks. I felt like curling in a ball under my blanket and not coming out for the remainder of the day.
Though self-pity was certainly an option it was definitely not the most appealing choice therefore I decided to venture out of the house and commune with nature. This did lift my spirits briefly until I returned home from a near miss encounter with a sketchy looking spider and numerous mosquito bites. My buoyed spirits were thus wiped out by the fear of malaria. Perhaps excessively imaginative but I like to think simply pragmatic.
I thought I would be immune to homesickness as I am the world traveler; the person who would never succumb to a malady as generic as homesickness… I suppose the realization that this is not a mere trip but the next two years of my life has finally set in.
The food here is sorely lacking. Namibians are carnivorous by nature and believe that vegetarians eat chicken and fish; thus I am subsisting on pap and pasta. What I wouldn’t do for a bowl of queso and a mojito…
One thing I never thought I would miss is talking on the phone. Now all I want is to hear a friendly voice from my real life on the other end of the phone line. Skype me people. Skype me on my cell phone for my sanity.
I miss sarcasm. I feel like shouting “SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!” But no one would understand and they would silently judge me.
This is my life for the next two years.
Now that Obama is in office maybe they’ll get some funding for that homesickness vaccine - its a killer.
You can do it R! pretty soon you won’t even want to come back. In 2 yrs we’ll be at Sol’s taco lounge and you’ll be missing that delicious goat meat.
I’ve never skyped before but i’ll look into it - does your same phone number still work?
Comment by Jose — March 11, 2009 @ 2:06 pm
Yeah! A Skype convert! You can call my new phone number. The country code is 011 and the phone number is (0) 81 431 7952.
Comment by singulargirl — March 12, 2009 @ 1:40 am
I miss you! Wow…that probably didn’t help the homesickness, huh?
Well, if it makes you feel any better, I had a big, black, beattle-like bug in my hair a few minutes ago. I screamed like a little girl and nearly wrecked my car.
If I can figure out skype, I’ll totally give it a go.
Comment by Deals — March 23, 2009 @ 1:35 pm
NAMIBIA! Yeah, it sucks at first, but you get used to it. Strap in cos you are up for the biggest emotional rollercoaster ride of your life!
Go out and buy yourself something overly-indulgent. You’re mind will love you for it
Comment by dash — April 20, 2009 @ 4:06 am