Day 14: Sick

Today was by far the worst day I’ve had since I’ve been here. It also happened to be the longest…I didn’t get much sleep last night, and ended up with a lot of mosquito bites as well. About 20. On one arm. Anyway, woke up, breakfast, off to Cresp etc. About 1 hour in to French class, I started feeling really sick. I went out of the room to lie down, as I felt nauseous. I spoke to Marian, and we came to the conclusion that I should go home and rest. Once home, I felt even sicker. No need to give lots of details. I ended up taking 5 or 6 cold showers, had a fever, a stomachache, headache, and just felt purely miserable. And of course, to contribute, it was about 90 degrees, and the power was out. The next five hours seemed like five days. Finally, Rich came home with a couple other girls and we went off to the beach. Today, I just sat on the beach, which made me feel a lot better, because it was a lot cooler with the breeze. I was feeling much better, then tried to eat dinner, which end ed up being a mistake. This was especially unfortunate because the meal that we were given was especially good. My stomach however, would simply have none of it. Still feel a little sick, hopefully I’ll be able to sleep tonight.