I've been on the go since December. I was traveling or went to the city almost every weekend. During these times, I barely had enough sleep. When I'm in my village, I worked every day, except Saturdays. Even with enough sleep, I was still exhausted. I don't even know how it's already February.
In addition to my usual work with Health Center, Vegetable garden project, Primary School, and Cambodian Youth Leadership club, I did so many additional things for the last 3 months. December: - Traveled to Siem Reap - Traveled to Phnom Penh (due to migraines) - Traveled to Battambang - Traveled to Phnom Penh/USA/Phnom Penh (within a week) - Traveled while in US too - As soon as I arrived back in Phnom Penh, I went straight to Peace Corps to work for 2 days non-stop - Traveled to Kampot January: - Traveled back to Phnom Penh to my village - Traveled to Phnom Penh and back to village - Peace Corps came to observe my class at school (Preparations required!) - Traveled to Phnom Penh - Myanmar - Phnom Penh - Ministry of Education came to observe my class at school (Preparations required!) - Traveled to Kampong Cham for Ministry of Education Curriculum Development meetings (I was also sick, so it was 4 days of torture) - Traveled back to my village to pack, to travel to Phnom Penh February: - Traveled to Kandal while in Phnom Penh - I was emotionally and physically hurt due to unforeseen circumstances - My friends from South Korea came to visit - Traveled to Kampong Cham to host a Provincial Meet Up for new volunteers - Found out that my uncle was in an awful accident, being hospitalized, and needed surgery - Got food poisoning - I've been busy preparing for a education workshop this whole week (and will continue to prepare for it until end of Feb) - I also have to attend a 2-day meeting with Peace Corps next week too When my body is tired, my mind isn't at peace either. Exhaustions cause my brain to either shut down or stress itself out. I find myself being lethargic or disinterested in work. I just need a really long sleep and recuperate. For the first time in forever, I have no plans this coming weekend, and I'm really looking forward to sleeping in, doing laundry, clean my room, and just have a stress-free and music-filled down time.
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