Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Back in the U.S.A.
I have been back in the U.S. for almost two months now and it really still seems like the strangest place. Do not get me wrong, I am absolutely thrilled that I get to see my family, however there a few small things that I desperately miss about Guatemala.
1. Good Morning-No one says good morning, or good afternoon or good evening in the U.S. You barely even say hi to someone when you are walking in out of buildings.
2. Everyone is unhappy-It Guatemala even though the majority of people who I knew were extremely poor, they were always smiling and happy. Now that I am here, no one is happy. Even though they have a nice house, cars, great food, a healthy family I have found that so many people are run into are very negative. How is it in a society that has so much, really has so little.
3. Fresh Food-There was no wax on the produce in Guatemala and MSG or preservatives are as foreign as grits and livermush. I spent the entire month of December with a splitting headache (migrane stregnth) due to my bodies intolerance to preservatives. It really made me realize how bad our food is for us here.
With that all said, I must say that I have never been so happy in my life to be able to get in my car and drive, see my family and eat what ever I want. It's good to be home, but I also miss my other home too.
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I have been back in the U.S. for almost two months now and it really still seems like the strangest place. Do not get me wrong, I am absolutely thrilled that I get to see my family, however there a few small things that I desperately miss about Guatemala.
1. Good Morning-No one says good morning, or good afternoon or good evening in the U.S. You barely even say hi to someone when you are walking in out of buildings.
2. Everyone is unhappy-It Guatemala even though the majority of people who I knew were extremely poor, they were always smiling and happy. Now that I am here, no one is happy. Even though they have a nice house, cars, great food, a healthy family I have found that so many people are run into are very negative. How is it in a society that has so much, really has so little.
3. Fresh Food-There was no wax on the produce in Guatemala and MSG or preservatives are as foreign as grits and livermush. I spent the entire month of December with a splitting headache (migrane stregnth) due to my bodies intolerance to preservatives. It really made me realize how bad our food is for us here.
With that all said, I must say that I have never been so happy in my life to be able to get in my car and drive, see my family and eat what ever I want. It's good to be home, but I also miss my other home too.
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