Save the Crepe Paper

Today I bought all my pants for this fall. Something very, VERY important for pants you are buying to wear to a third world country is that they have an expandable waistline. I didn't know this last time, because I'd never gotten sick in other countries. But now I know, when you are sick for the fourth week in a row and people are still force feeding you food soaked in fat, an expandable waistline is not a feature you can compromise on.

Last year, I got sick the third day I arrived; it was September 13th, and I stayed sick for a long time. I mean a long time. I remember the day I got better- it was toward the end of November. Yes, it was nearly ten weeks that I didn't have solid poo.

I think my favorite thing about being sick was the crepe paper. Yes, you would sit or squat down in the bathroom, look around for the toilet paper, and instead, a bright pink roll of really thick crepe paper was waiting for you. At first it seemed ridiculous but then I decided it cheers up the bathroom more than regular toilet paper anyway.

I bring all this up to ask everyone to pray that I will stay well this fall. Although the crepe paper was really great, it would be even greater to not have to see so much of it.