Sick and Wet

They say the most common sickness for a PCV is diarrhea, which I am finding to be true. I have been sick this week with the runs and a really bad stomach ache (yea i know it sounds gross). I could not eat or sleep for about three days. The people in my town said that a virus was circulating because of the change in the weather. One other volunteer at my site was sick as well. Today I am 100% healthy. Well maybe not 100% because I still have a little headache and I lost my voice.

I have the funniest story to tell....

One morning my host mother told me she was going out somewhere (i am not too sure where) and left the house early. I was leaving my house to go to language class when i noticed that water was running out of the water fountain in the garden. I attempted to turn it off only the water came out faster and started to spread everywhere. The water began to get bigger and stronger, I was soaked within five minutes.

I panicked because I was the only person in the house and I did not want to be the "American that broke the water fountain". I had no way to reach my host mother so I hysterically called my language instructor. He thought I was deathly ill and came running over to "save me" only to fine me soaked to the bone fighting back water. He looked very relieved to see that I was physically ok and turned the water off from the main unit. He than explained that this was just a minor problem and to make sure that I told my mother about the problem.

Later that afternoon I ran into my host mother in the center of town with my language instructor and he explained in Bulgarian about the water. She said it was not a problem and would have it fixed the next weekend. She laughed about me being nervous and thanked my language instructor for his help.

Ahh another day in Bulgaria,


From underneath the water,

Crystal