Dengue??

We are finally back to feeling normal after our fever.   Both of us had the fever for nine days, which seemed like an eternity when we were going through it.  The Peace Corps doctor said she was almost positive that we had dengue fever, but we didn’t do the test for dengue, which is expensive and time-consuming.  Dengue or not, it really laid us low.  Even after the fever was over, it took a good three weeks for us to get our strength back.  We have only hiked for an hour so far, but it won’t be long before we are doing our usual three or four hours.  We have to walk everywhere in our town, and nothing is flat, so we get lots of exercise just going to school or the store. 

Our blogs have been pretty sporadic these past few weeks.  We will try to get back to one every week or two.  Some weeks not much happens.  This week, though, we had a nice Father’s Day celebration at school.  The tradition is for all of the female employees to make a lunch for the male employees and to give them gifts.  In Panama, Father’s Day is the same as it is in the US.  Mother’s Day, however, is December 8^th, which also happens to be the day of the Immaculate Conception.  On that day, all the men will get together and make a lunch for the women of the school.  

Gifts for the men, plus a carnation for each of us

Serving up the lunch!

This coming week we will be moving into our new house.  Our stove, fridge and mattress are being delivered this Wednesday.  We will really miss our host parents Aristides and Odilia, who have been wonderful to us during these first three months in our site, but we are also excited to have a place of our own.  More on that next time!