The Race has a way of changing a person, for the better in my case! Here’s a few things that I did on the Race that I would have never done at home.
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Practiced basketball drills
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Eaten so many beans and eggs and rice
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Done Zumba in a public mall
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Been willing to learn a dance on the beach
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Gotten up at 5:30 am to exercise
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Reworn clothes this many times without washing them (and this many times is a lot)
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Gone this long without eating biscuits and gravy or good mac and cheese
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Worn shorts when I haven’t shaved my legs in way too long
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Worn a nicer tank top with gym shorts
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Worn a non-dressy t-shirt to a funeral (and one that wasn’t even a dark color)
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Worn the same pair of underwear 3 days in a row
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Been a ref for a volleyball game
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Cleared a field with a machete
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Used a squatty potty (I mean, we don’t really have them, soooo…)
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Used a squatty potty when a Western toilet was an option (who wants to wait in line???)
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Ridden on a moto without a helmet (or maybe at all)
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Pounded cassava
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Danced like no one was watching when everyone was watching
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Preached with no warning or preparation
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Ridden with 8 people in a car
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Worn clothes with a person’s face on them
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Introduced myself as “Chelsea…like the football team”
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Drank from a bag
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Worn socks with chacs (chacos)
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Gotten my nose pierced
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Continued drinking my coffee after finding a fly using it as a swimming pool
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Rented a moto with a friend (and wrecked it)
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Gone bouldering
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Slept on a dirty train with no thought at all
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Gone almost 2 months without shaving my legs (I only wore pants in public, I promise!)
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Bathed an elephant (in water he had just pooped in)
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Slept in so many public places
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Peed in a pool (because apparently that’s a thing?!)
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Wrote prescriptions for patients at a medical clinic
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Ate just French fries for Christmas Eve
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Swam with sharks
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Talked about poop ALL the time
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Had a deep conversation with a stranger
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Eaten food from the side of the road
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Trusted so many complete strangers
