Sick Again...

...But worse this time! First time having thrown up in Guatemala, which is actually pretty lucky. The unlucky part is that I threw up for 8 hours. Well, only once every half hour, but after about the 7th time, I had had about enough. I have never thrown up so much in my life!! And no Dad, it wasn´t malaria. Just food poisoning. We had aguacate (avocado) salad for lunch on Saturday, and there was one little bite that I ate and thought ¨EWW¨but swallowed anyway. Well, turns out that one bite cleared my body of everything I had eaten and drank for the entire weekend. I was very sick.

Luckily, my mom knows natural medicine, and she has all the herbal remedies one could need. She, however, wanted to make clear (especially to Mom and Dad) that this does NOT mean she is a witch doctor. She simply knows what herbs help cleanse the body the natural way. Yesterday I spent the day in bed, and my mom spent all her night saturday and all day sunday checking on me every hour. It´s really like she is my real mom. Last night, she spent about an hour in my room with me, telling me story after story of renters she has had (she rents out a hostal here) in effort to make me laugh :) It worked. She is such a funny little lady! When she tells a story, she uses props (she stuck my thermometer in her mouth to imitate a cigar) and acts out everything with her hands. And OH her facial expressions! I really wish I had a video. She is a dear.

Anyway, today I have broken the fever, and have finally started to eat solid food. I didn´t go to work this morning, and my afternoon one on one spanish got canceled cause my teacher is sick, too. Which works out perfectly. I am about to go take another nap. But tomorrow, I know I will be all better.