I am writing this as I lay in my bed too sick to my stomach to move. The weekend was great but I think the dinner Saturday night did this to me. I ordered a bottled water to go along with my meal, the waiter opened the bottle of water and poured it into my glass. I took a big gulp because I was rather thirsty but much to my surprise it tasted oddly fishy. To make sure I wasn't wrong I took another sample of it but didn't swallow and sure enough it was very fishy tasting. I held the rest of the bottle up to the light and examined it only to find it had a yellowish tint and a lot of particles swirling around. I am sure that drink of water is what is currently wreaking havoc on my intestinal track right now.
The last week was a little hectic. We had a garage sale which entails selling all the old clothes, furniture, or donations that we aren't going to use to the public. Our storage closet was over flowing with clothes so we had plenty of those to sell. Other items included; old back packs, an old but functioning T.V., and toys. Overall the garage sale raised 950 soles, or about $385. We are going to have another one this weekend because over half of the items did not sell.
Yesterday I helped cleaned out the water storage tanks that are up on top of a two story roof, and haven't been cleaned for 4 years. It was pretty gross. I didn't actually climb inside of the 2000 liter tanks that was Marcos part, and I'm glad he was willing to do it because I would not have done it. Using chemicals to clean off 4 years of black growth in a very enclosed space inside black plastic holding tanks heated by the sun just doesn't appeal to me.
Ok I'm going to go back to sleep now and try to get over these stomach issues.
5 comments:
oh gosh. feel better soon. I guess it wasn't really bottled water! can't wait to hear more when you feel better.
did you just open the gate and have things outside the door or did you have to take the stuff somewhere?
I'm so sorry you are so sick! Feel better soon, I guess next time ask for an unopened bottle of water!
That's awful, how are you feeling today?! Better, I hope. What a sly trick by the waiter. I wonder what was in it? I don't even want to know.
Hope by now you're feeling better, Kevin! Stomach bugs are the worst. Loved the headphone story :)
Kevin, I am going to Peru for the first time in June with Gateway...I'll admit that I'm worried about getting sick, but I guess that'll just be part of my adventure, right? Glad you're better!!!
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