I'm Taking Hot Shower for You Special Ladies Hey you guys,
I've enjoyed reading your blog summaries, keep them coming. Glad your trip has been very adventurous. I'm still in shock about the potty story, I don't know what I would have done. I promise I'll enjoy my potty and bath time even more today. Nici and I had a very nice workout this morning and thought about you. Be careful out there and keep us posted on your daily finds.
Letty
shifting tolerance of non-clean the adventures of wendy begin, as does the socialized reprogramming of the brain, the heart and the soul. travel to far off lands opens your eyes to things we've not known and could never imagine - and it pushes us to reprogram our assumptions of existence on so many levels.
cleanliness is one of such!
and it sounds like you're getting a big dose!
my experience: the first couple of days i'm continually grossed out by the surroundings and their lack of conformity with the standards i am comfortable with. about a week in i start to accept it as my short term reality and learn to bear it. 2 weeks in it becomes normal and 3 weeks in i don't even notice. actually - what i notice is when i come across something that is so out of the norm closer to my pre-trip standards, that i see it as a luxury. by the time i return home, i look at the conveniences that uphold my pre-trip standards of cleanliness as luxurious, unnecessary, and well beyond that which is needed to function. in belize we were water constrained so we took camp showers. only cold water, and only on when we were washing something off. all lathering and scrubbing was done with the water turned off. when i returned from belize, i upheld camp showers for a few months, feeling it was a service to the planet to use less water. still take them every now and again. going to take one today actually - in honor of wendy besterman!!!
your journeys and commitments are an inspiration. keep the head up and the antibacterial hand lotion near - and know that austin loves you!!!
Congratulations! Good work on getting there! I hope that your weather is cooler than ours. We're at 100 again. Go figure...Texas in August. Don't worry about the cleanliness issue. If you've been camping before, you get use to it. In fact, I've read somewhere that Americans bath too frequently. We wash out essential oils from our skin and hair.
I have a few questions: What language do the locals speak? How big is the town you're in? What is the time difference between us?
I'm looking forward to reading the next entry! Much love.
John
Wendy and I have been friends and coworkers for 8 years. We started working at the same company 3 weeks apart from each other, so we became eligible to take a 2 month sabbatical at the same time. Not wanting to waste this opportunity watching game shows and soap operas for eight weeks, we decided to take off and explore the world together. Wendy is an experienced international traveler and even lived in Spain for a year. The farthest that I have been from the US is Jamaica.
Wendy leaves behind her son and her precious dog, Zina. I am leaving my husband and my dog Ava. Hopefully with this b... full info
Letty
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I'm Taking Hot Shower for You Special Ladies
Hey you guys, I've enjoyed reading your blog summaries, keep them coming. Glad your trip has been very adventurous. I'm still in shock about the potty story, I don't know what I would have done. I promise I'll enjoy my potty and bath time even more today. Nici and I had a very nice workout this morning and thought about you. Be careful out there and keep us posted on your daily finds. Letty