Today is officially the one month marker from when i leave!!!
It is insane how time has flown even just over this last summer. I only have one more week of working at HYP, and one month left to prepare myself for leaving. Its insane!!
As i mentioned in my last post i had to go get shots for my trip. I spent wednesday morning at Kaiser where i got 4 shots (two in each arm). Im not afraid of needles and the shots didn't really hurt which was great! Although the nurse failed to mention to me that i would have any side effects from the shots, so i made plans with my friends to go to LA to see the filming of a TV show. We were in line and had just got past security when i started to feel a little light headed and nauseous. I thought maybe if i sit down i would feel better, so regardless of what the other people in the line thought of me i sat down on the ground in line! Even though we were in the sun in 90 degree weather my face started to feel really cold and i was sweating like crazy. Unfortunately at that point i started to feel really sick and had to get out of line. When i got out of line i didn't have the option to get back in line unless i wanted to start the very begining again, so at that point we gave up on seeing the show. :( Turns out it was just a wave of sickness that lasted maybe 20 minutes, but came at the exact moment that i would least want it to happen. It could have been a lot worse because i called my mom after and asked her if it was normal. She said the first time she got a shot for typhoid she was sick for 24 hours afterwards. All i have to say is that if that is what it feels like to have typhoid, i'm glad i got the shot because i never wanna feel like that again!
There isn't much update beyond that other than if you would like to send me mail while i am gone the address is posted below. The best way to contact me is through e-mail, which am hoping to check once a week or once every other week! My e-mail address is halesip@gmail.com. But it would be fabulous to see some hand written letters every once in a while! :)
-Haley
Welcome Home Ministries Africa
Volunteer: Haley Sipan
PO Box 1043,
Jinja Uganda
East Africa.
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