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"the funk"
so i got back from my lovely trip to tijuana, mexico late saturday night. it was a grand time. if you want the long drawn out details of the trip....... find last year's entry about this same time, and that'll basically explain it all to you, minus the crying over love thing..... there was no love this year.
the only differences this year were....... the place, i realized, is majestic and beautiful. from our worksite, you could see for miles, every mountain top, every hill. the recent floods and large quantities of rain in the san diego/ northern mexico region ignited the growth of lush plantlife in a seemingly desert wasteland. it was called by our group, "the flowers amongst the garbage." initially, all you see are mounds of trash and waste strewn about the land. as the week progresses, you learn to look past the lack of infrastructure in the city, past the poverty, and you notice something that very few outside of mexico actually witness. i learned to see beauty. several times while working, i would pause and look westward from our site, because you could see so far, you could see the ocean through the peaks and valleys that led to there. it was amazing. i wish i'd had a camera.
another difference.... i didn't go this year necessarily to bond my faith or to deepen it in any way. i went to work, to help those in need. but i guess in the process, my faith was tested in some ways.
finally...... "the funk" emerged within the group this year. for those of you unaware of just what the funk is....... i will explain. the funk is a gastrointestinal viral infection that causes unsightly expulsion of bodily fluids from both ends. it's not pretty when about 10 people are lying around helplessly puking their guts out. not to mention how contagious it was. luckily for those who contracted it.... it was shortlived. but i bet it was 24 hours of hell. i'm not really sure how many people got sick.... but i know it was in the double digits, and it spread like wildfire throughout the big group. i still don't know if i got it or not..... it could be laying dormant within, and could strike at a later date. if that's the case........ daaaaaaaamn.
oh.... and building houses can be a hazardous task. but that is not what injured me. the last day we were in tijuana, after all work had been completed, we were all cleaning up, trying to head out as quickly as possible...... and some of us decided to play frisbee in the room we'd slept in. it was cool until i wasn't paying attention and was drilled in the face, cutting pretty deeply above and below my left eye. it left a cool mark though. and it squirted blood. that was pretty cool. hopefully it'll scar up nicely. "yeah i got into a bar fight in TJ. beat that." furthermore.... we stayed in san diego again. we played frisbee on the beach again. i'm not sure what i did, but i really messed up my left food running on the sand. i don't know what i did to it, but it hurts like hell. it feels like a ligament or tendon is slipping around my heel each time i step on it. i'm going to have it checked out later today hopefully, if i can gimp my way over to the health clinic.
i made some good friends this time 'round. as well as reacquainting myself with old friends who i've not really spoken to in a while. it was good to see them all.
that's it. i'm not shaving for a while too i think. but yeah.. that's all for now.
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