Mono... Bronchitis...I'm Next!

Ciao!

I haven't been able to update in a few days because the internet that we are usually able to steal from our neighbors has officially been cut off!! Horrible, I know... so I had to wait until today to use my computer at school where they have wireless. It is a pain to lug all of my school books, art supplies, and lap top for 25 minutes to school!

And for those of you that are still not able to access my private blogs, you need to create an account with travelblog.com and once you have done that, e-mail me and I will add you to the list. Then once you get the notification e-mail from travelblog about being added, click on the link and accept my request! This blog entry is not private, therefore all of you that are subscribers are receiving a notification. Good news though... I think that drama at Santa Monaca 10 (my house) has subsided so hopefully I will be able to leave all of my future blogs open to the public!

Unfortunately I have no crazy stories from this weekend, we stayed at home mostly and just went out and about in Florence. But I leave for Munich this Thursday, so next Monday, expect a very large journal entry about my experience there! I won't be packing my laptop along with me, so no entries this coming weekend. I am very excited for Germany... I can finally put all of those years in German classes to use!! :)

All of my roommates are sick! Brittni went back to the Doctor to get a refill on her antibiotic, Haley just found out this morning at the Doctor that she has mono and Alyssa had to miss art class this morning because she was so sick. So after class, I walked home to check on her and I had to FORCE her to go see Dr. Kerr (the only English speaking Doctor here.) I dialed the number for her and even walked her there just to MAKE SURE she got checked and it turns out that she has mono too. I'm scared! When I go home in a few minutes, I am planning on throwing all of our dishes into highly concentrated bleach water.

I'm not sure if its just that we are all exhausted so our immune systems are weak or if everyone is getting sick because our house is so disgusting!! Like many of you already know... our bathroom has no actual shower... there is just a shower head on the wall and there is a drain in the middle of the floor. It gets really dirty because people walk in there with shoes on when the floor is wet after some one showers and it gets the floor all muddy. And our garbage can that sits in the farthest corner from the shower head undoubtedly gets hit by the water which knocks it's contents onto the floor and just soaks it until you can no longer tell what exactly the piece of garbage was since it has become a soggy, diseased blob of goo.
The drain has also recently become VERY plugged, causing our bathroom to become a swimming pool and to leak water under the door into the hallway... creating more mud. We have even attempted to pull the monster-like, wig shop's worth of hair out of it, but somebody always ends up dry heaving or even puking. The smell that radiates out of our terrifying drain is like a swamp on a hot, humid July day. It is so constantly damp in the bathroom that the window in it has become forever clouded with condensation which is offset very nicely by the quickly growing black mold in the corners.
I MISS HAVING MY DAD TO CLEAN THE HAIR OUT OF THE DRAIN!! :(

Because hygiene is a bit questionable here, I have a feeling that I am going to get sick. Although, I have stayed away from home all day pretty much and asked a staff member here at CAPA if there were any places to buy herbal/natural supplements and vitamins and it turns out that there is! It is only one block from school! I am going to go straight there when I am done writing this... I hope it's not too expensive. Why can't they just have a Super Supplements!?!?!??!!?!?!?!?

If there is one big thing that I have learned since being here, it's that you can't rely on anyone else to clean. But if you take the initiative and clean for others, you become their mother. So I guess I have two choices... live in almost uninhabitable conditions or be Momma Kelley.

<3 Kel


PS: Prayers for me not getting sick would be MUCH appreciated!!!! :)

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