Finally at site!

I wrote this a while ago but thought I would post it as a tribute to the end of training and life in the village.

Number of vaccination shots received since staging: 8

Number of nights spent in the village: 36

Number of times I say "ca va" (how are you) on any day: 40

Number of people in my village family: 20

Number of family member's names I remember: 8

Number of languages my family speaks: 3

Number of people in my family who speak English: 0

Number of bucket baths taken: 60

Number of nights I've "sweated myself" awake: 15

Number of times I've thought to myself, this is the hottest I've ever been. No...now this is the hottest: Every day

Number of times I've been attacked by nuclear sized cockroaches: 3

Number of rats I've caught in my room: 3

Number of times I've ducked-taped my broken mosquito tent together: 6

Number of mosquito and/or insect bites on any given day: 20

Number of anti-malarial pills taken: 5

Number of times I seriously thought I had malaria: 1