Skin Rash

I have suffered my first ailment a skin rash similar to those i have about twice a year that spread and destroy me for a day. The normal remedy, a quick benadryl pill has not eradicated the rash as per usual but has seemingly kept it at bay. Diagnisis and severity is still pending but todays powerpoint on scabies, bed bugs and more fatal ailments has me a bit preocupado.(worried). Anyway, i also suffered my first bout of homesickness ...ever. i was just tired of the bugs, rain, humidity, itchiness, lack of ability to go places and all the other wonderful entrapments of Peace Corps. I missed chatting to all my bros and pals and even Mama So´s yelling would have been music to my ears. Fortunately it has passed. I should relate to you the story of Survivorman John (not using his real name for anonimity). John is the Peace Corps volunteer that i was assigned to visit to experience PCV life. I met John after a Chuchi bus ride like a fancy coach bus aircon and all to his site. Total travel time to his closest city center... 4 hours. The aforementioned city was a bustling and relatively modern city. from there we took the most broked, janky ghetto bus for 40 minutes in to John´s site. The bus only runs 2 days a week normally he must walk 1.5 hrs to the main road. Upon approaching Johns living accomodations you are greeted by an awesome little wood shack. it yells bear grills. Inside enough room for a mid sized bed, a 2 burner stove thing, a frige he got 2 weeks ago various contruction tools a dresser and ..... not much else. Oh there is a window. Everything John does is Bear Grills Paraguay. built his house, building a latrine, latrine was first , frige later. shower?.....bucket outside with a few bricks i placed on the ground to stand on. oh BTW his latrine,.. half built so u squat with your head able to see all outside and no door so you can accidently show your junk to everyone who walks by. However, a surprisingly pleasant experience, fresh air, a bit of rain, a comfy squat.. Compost latrine for the win! Where as others ate feasts of american volunteer made foods on their visits we ate basics in his one aluminum pot where we took turns sitting on bricks and scraping the pot atthe end of meals more for cleaning purposes than hunger. I loved the trip. John was hard core and i wanted to be at that level. There is more story about a poop hole overflowing and such but that was just funny. anyway i need to get going adios amigos and johnny i dont got tape worm but maybe bed bugs. PEACE!