Minor frustration

I’m slightly frustrated. Which is nothing new for me as it seems to be my perpetual state of being. Nonetheless, I was expecting to hit the ground running and instead have found this week to be a down week as my professors confirm appointments with the schools we will be researching at. I’ve had some work to keep me occupied, they needed me to find textbooks to give to the schools so that’s been a tiny project, but I’ve found myself otherwise unoccupied. Certainly I can find things to do to keep myself busy; sleep in till 9am, write my paper, design this new project, read Grapes of Wrath, lay out on the balcony, wander the market, cook with the house girls, journal and blog, etc. Today most of the group is out white water rafting but I stayed behind because, quite honestly, I just can’t justify spending the $125, for this at least (and I’ve been rafting before, more than once, and I went kayaking on the Nile here last time). So, I’m wrapping this up, then will stop by the tailors to get more details on a project I’ve sort of got going, and then swing by the local clinic to see if the HIV/AIDS director from last year is still around and willing to let me volunteer. Even so, given the amount of work ahead, I was anticipating long, intense, exhausting days and very much looking forward to it. Hopefully next week will be better…