SICKKKKK!!!

So this has been a pretty eventful weekend. Friday after class, I went to the movies with Ligia and Jairo. We saw Shrek 4, and it was pretty good - it's hard sometimes for me to understand humor in Spanish. I got home from the movie around 9:30 and all of the doors to all of the bedrooms in the house were closed so I assumed the family was sleeping. (I hadn't seen or talked to anyone in a few days because they had been in Managua and Chinandega for business) I locked the front door with a chain and everything and went to bed. I always sleep with my IPod to avoid hearing bugs and what not, so I did not hear them when they arrived at 11:45 at night and were knocking and ringing the doorbell. Finally, around 12:45, I heard something and was really freaked out that someone was banging on the door in the middle of the night - I was expecting to find Oscar going to open it, and just as I was getting really scared, I heard Oscarcito calling my name from outside. I opened the door (still half-asleep) and there was the family all dressed up waiting outside. At the time, I didn't know they had been out there for an hour so I just said sorry! and went back to bed. The next day, I went to teach my class at 8:00 which is another story entirely haha and when I turned on my cell phone, I had 6 missed calls and 2 texts saying they had been waiting outside for an hour and were going to sleep in a hotel for the night. I felt terrible!!!! At 12, I went home to talk to them and they weren't there. They had gone to Chinandega again. So I waited and waited and waited. Esperanza made me lunch, and since I told her I didn't eat much meat, she made me an overeasy egg instead. I never eat my eggs like this, but I just held my tongue and ate it, grateful for the lack of meat on my plate.

Finally, around 7:00 PM, I called Ligia and took a taxi to her house because Esperanza had left hours ago, and I was tired of being home alone. It was storming and dark, and I had no idea when the family was going to get home. Ligia's house is absolutely beautiful!!!!! And she has three dogs and a parrot. I want a miniature doberman pinscher!!!! I met Ligia's mom and brother who are soo sooo nice - Her mom told me I was always welcome in their house and to tell her if I needed anything, etc, etc. She was full of compliments and very happy in general. Everything was great and fine. Jairo, Ligia, her brother, and I went to get some kind of food (lol I forget what it's called) for dinner. While we were walking, I had a terrible pain in my stomach. I brushed it off, but when we got back to her house, I didn't want to eat antyhing. Of course her mom started fussing and I was feeling worse and worse by the second, so I asked Ligia to call the taxi to take me home. I went into the living room to wait, and everyone was asking me a million questions a minute and all of a sudden I was running to the bathroom and throwing up. At one point, Ligia, her mom and Jairo were all in the bathroom cheering me on and trying to make me feel better. It was horrible and kind of nice at the same time. Anyway, I couldn't stop even after there was nothing left in my stomach. Any water I drank came right back up, so Ligia's mom called her husband who is a doctor and was asking him what to do. He told her if I couldn't stop, I should go to the hospital and get an injection to make me stop and an IV to keep me hydrated. Of course soon after I heard that, I refused to take anything in for fear that I would have to go to the hospital, and I insisted on going home. They wouldn't let me of course until they found out if Eira and Oscar were home to take care of me. I laid down on my stomach which was the only thing that made the pain go away. An hour later, Oscar showed up to take me home. I had to stop once on the way home to throw up and the water I drank afterwards came up when we got home. Eira and Oscar were asking me questions, and I was finally able to go to bed. Sunday, I didn't wake up until 1:00 PM and came out to the family waiting for me. They took me to a cafe with air conditioning and free Wi-Fi which is where I am now. Then we went to a little arcade for Oscarcito to play and then to a Chinese restaurant where I didn't eat a thing. I sipped water all day, and they told me how sorry they were for not paying enough attention to me and being home and whatnot. I really didn't expect them to alter their lives for me, and I really think I got sick from the egg, but I am still very hesitant to eat anything!!!! I have eaten a granola bar and a muffin in the past two days :/

I went to a movie last night with Oscar, Eira, and Irelita so it was a nice long day with the fam :) I am finally feeling better, and I really hope it doesn't happen again. Today is a holiday, so there is not school or work. It is a celebration of the start of the revolution to overthrow the government in the 70s, and I guess it is supposed to be pretty dangerous with a lot of people on the streets, so I am going to go home now! I'll write again soon!