After reading through my journal, I found that I had started a list called, THINGS I’VE LEARNED…OR WON’T FORGET. I thought it might be kind of fun to share with you. Some of them are pretty random, but I thought post, pre, and racers now might be able to relate, can add onto or see what they can look forward to.
So, here there are in no particular order…
-Skype and animal crackers are wonderful, cheap things
-“mine” no longer exists
-best things to take…lots of PB and body spray
-eating the best pizza in the world in Nicaragua and spending time with Nessa
-washing my hair under a well pump in Mozambique
-trips to Huarez in Peru…the mountains…
-learning how to cut a fresh pineapple
-sitting on a flat be truck on bags on food, driving through Africa at night and seeing the stars outline the African landscape and thinking this is the life of a missionary.
-worship under the stars on Casa Mateo’s roof (Nicaragua)
-different kind of ice cream in different places
-having a little baby fall asleep in my arms in Mozambique
-getting laughed at by locals when trying to hand wash my clothes…and still not getting it right
-different modes of transportation
-how many boxes of All-Bran the squad can go through
-TP, TP, TP- no one brings it (went through 72 rolls)
-eating coconut in it’s “original” form (same with fish, no fishsticks here)
-riding in a safari vechicle
-washing hair under a watering can
-how to make a “come here” motion
-washing walls and floors of bathrooms with a toothbrush
-running through the streets in Bangkok
-trying to eat with chopsticks
-watching a American movie in a place that doesn’t get American jokes (south africa)
-coloring
-Girls go behind the truck, boys in front (this would be bathroom stops in Moz)
-taking out bar girls
-“jumping” onto a bus
-eating with a spoon and pushing things up with a fork
-theaters that have lazy-boy style seating(thailand)
-my love for independence
-not having to translate- translations
-living inside of barbed wire areas
-playing capture the flag- in the dark, in black (mozambique)
-cold showers
-picking thorns out of my skirt while coming out of the bush after coming using the bathroom
-big treats of the week being a coke and some lemon filled cookies
-people enjoying “the hotel” (my tent..a six person tent)
-being splattered by birds 4 times (2 in Peru,1 in Argentina, 1 during worship AT NIGHT in Mozambique)
-second guessing drinking the water
-not having people run into things or you because they are staring at the white chic
-watching Monk with Spanish subtitles in China
-the phrase “this is how we roll”
-learing about each other on long trips
-“Whoa, are you sure this is really Minute Maid?”
