Weekend Schmeekend

I woke up this morning and my first thought was ‘what day is it?’

‘I think it’s Friday.’

‘aw man. It is.  It’s Friday.’

Then I thought about how I would spend my time…getting through the weekend.

I know this is quite the opposite for my fellow Americans back home.  Everyone just wants to make it thru the week to get to the weekend.

I’ve been traveling lately and haven’t had the weekend dilemma in a while.  In fact it’s been awhile since I’ve spent this much time alone.  Free time and alone time are great.  Especially for the introvert that I am, but in 2 years of PC service there is A LOT I mean TONS, ‘more than you know what to do with, that you become really weird’ alone time.  Just trust me its ALOT.  It’s an unhealthy amount for society is what it is.

I’ve never dreaded weekends like I have in PC.

Its just weekends are different here. 

I live ridiculous amounts of potholes, over crowded, hot, and broken down bus rides, and hours away from my friends.  And we are now in the period of our service that we can’t use vacation days (not that I had any left).  But with the amount of time we were on standfast, had travel restrictions, or were consolidated it really isn’t that different from the past 2 years.

Not being able to use vacay days any longer means one beautiful thing: we are in the home stretch.  Only 2 . 5 months! 

Don’t get me wrong though weekends out of the village or with friends have been something to always look forward to, and a crucial part of making it in PC.

But weekends at site are another thing.

One thing that makes weekends different here is it isn’t safe for me to be outside my house after dark.  So really, what weekend fun can I find before 7 pm.

Here are a few examples of the weekend fun I have had at my site:

Sometimes I will make popcorn and watch a movie and pretend it’s a normal Friday.

(My electricity has been out since last night so I came to a hotel this afternoon so I could charge the laptop just in case I want to watch a movie, but lets be real…I’m hanging out with Spencer Reed, JJ, Penelope, and Derek Morgan tonight…it’s gonna be a Criminal Minds marathon kinda night.  Or at least until my battery dies if the electricity decides to stay out like a jerk.)  Electricity messes with my sweet weekend marathon watching plans.

One weekend I made a piñata.

Another weekend I ripped apart a little girls dress that I mistakenly bought as a shirt for me and sewed it into a bag.  30 cent bag right there, what!

Oh the weekends are usually when I take the time to update blog posts.

One Friday night I watched spider vs grasshopper.  This wasn’t a discovery channel special that I had ripped, but it was taking place in my house.  This was actually crazy Friday night entertainment that I started recording it.  Unfortunately, for you readers, my computer broke last year and I lost all my vids, so I can’t post it for you and your Friday night. 

The grasshopper won by the way.

When I return to America I might still be entertained by this, welcoming weird glances from onlookers when I stop to stare at ants and take pictures.

(Seriously though what is this bubble they have created?)

Now that I’m thinking about this I have no idea how I have made it through nearly 2 years of weekends.

10 more.

Happy Weekend, my friends! 

I hope the critters are plentiful for your weekend entertainment.