April

Well March ended with a bang this year. I ended up getting very sick and having to go to the hospital to get me back on my feet. It all started on a Sunday of not feeling well and got progressively worse. My stubbornness led me to going to school and constantly telling myself that it’s just the flu. By Wednesday morning I lost the battle and stayed home. I would have been pretty useless inside the classroom and rather not spread the sickness with anyone. After a day of rest I still was not feeling better and was forced to go to the hospital. I do not recommend catching a bus while sick but I had no other choice and hopped on. The hospital here runs a little different. You have to pay a 20 dollar fee to get seen by the doctor. They don’t really have a clinic instead they send you all to the E.R. Now the E.R. is nothing like in the states. It is always full of people waiting. I am always told if its truly an emergency to call the ambulance because that will be faster then going into the E.R. To my entertainment two non-samoan people were in the waiting room. Making comments about how long you wait it can average from two – six hours before you get in to see the doctor. I got fairly lucky and only had to wait two and a half hours. Then I went to the pharmacy for another forty-five minute wait… Hopefully that is my last experience with that.

            April is also a month filled with all different kinds of church activities. We have volleyball game that our church sends four teams over to play other churches. They have a girl’s high school and old people team as they call it and boy’s high school and old people team. The old people team consists of anyone who has graduated from high school. We wake up around four in the morning for practice. This way we can beat the heat. We also hold a practice around five at night when the sun is just about to set. I really do enjoy playing volleyball but it also really makes me miss playing volleyball competitively. I have also come to realize I am not nearly as fast nor can I move as fast as I once did.

            With Love,

            Abby