Out of Context Journal Entries (pt 2)

Whew! Made it through another whole journal, which means it’s time for part two of this fabulous series where I again expose the inner working of my brain. Enjoy the randomness.

• Ended the night doing cartwheels in the grass. 10/10.
• They had PICKLES!
• Needed lots of horizontal time after that one.
• Went back to the Bella and had a recap show with [redacted].
• Got to lay on the floor in my underwear to read without expectations.
• Was on the Guagua for 2 mins before the alert from peace corps ruined my plans.
• [Redacted]’s secondhand embarrassment meter was her leg creeping higher on [redacted]’s body.
• She was basically hand feeding me my whole dinner.
• #growth. Ew that was cringe.
• Woke up pretty refreshed considering I had to kick [redacted] back to her side of the bed all night.
• It’s almost like a good river does the same thing as [redacted] for my soul.
• We downed two bottles of wine and talked til 2:30am about absolutely everything.
• Officially got the dulce de mani hookup in town.
• I’m really out here just casually living in a whole different country.
• Brunch sponsored by MINERD and my school.
• Might have cried in the airport bathroom.
• I think I’ve classically conditioned myself to need an Oreo McFlurry every time I leave the cap.

I mean, how could you resist this??

• [Redacted] whacked his head into my jaw but somehow still looked adorable afterwards.
• Fried chicken and tostones? Say less.
• Ended up at a “costume” party but we were the ones in costumes which was stupid.
• Accidentally finished an 800 page book in one day again. Correction: more like half a day.
• [Redacted] is fever boy this weekend.
• Best part was the snack selection afterwards.
• Good Moday. Moday? Monday.
• Team Bully [redacted] might have convinced him to take a few too many fireball shots.
• Shared a delusional state of mind with [redacted].
• Walked into the living room this morning and [redacted] said I looked like I was doing a walk of shame.
• [Redacted] owes me ice cream for making me run across town in the middle of a storm.
• Caught a guagua that wasn’t actually in service (Louis doesn’t need to know) and got dropped off right at the door.
• [Redacted] is a party animal and [redacted] and I are just grandmas.
• Made hand turkeys with my kids cause I didn’t feel like doing my actual job today.
• Guagua just kept filling up with more of us gringos, I think the Dominicans were confused by all of us.
• Omg I think those two birds over there just kissed??
• That meant I was staring at [redacted]’s butt for a while.
• This random guy ate all of my American snacks from my package! Rude!
• And that’s a wrap on today’s episode of Love Island, peace corps edition.

You cannot tell me that this does not look like it’s straight out of a reality tv show

• Beat [redacted]’s mini time for the first time. Thriving.
• We had TWO avocados to share in the biblioteca today.
• [Redacted] is here, dengue and all.
• Obviously we started talking about fae and goblin smut.
• [Redacted] debated the existence of coffee flavored ice cream.
• We had a nice group spooning session.
• The DR: where nothing is ever fully planned, you get into cars with strangers, and somehow everything always works out in the end.
• Came back home to my sick victorian child.
• This was my first trip in a caribe tours bus, and wow, this was traveling in luxury. Is this how [redacted] feels every time he goes to site??
• Of course our driver had to make a pit stop for “te.” What is Dominican tea you might ask? Presidente. It’s beer.

I only want it if it’s bien fria.

• Spilled the chisme about the Doña Ana doñas.
• But we just climbed a mountain, rules don’t exist for us.
• Got out of the shower and found a small child in my apartment.
• Currently in my Callie Torres era.
• We need fewer chicken emojis and more aquatic animal emojis and I will not back down.
• Started off the day having an old guy fall in love with me during anesthesia, so had to spend the next 5 hours by his side, which led to his drugged up proposal.
• I was parched but my botellon was empty and I literally had ZERO water in my apartment, so naturally I just decided to chug a MINERD chocolate milk.
• Watched a kid get his extra thumb chopped off.
• So then I fell into a manhole.
• Almost started building ikea furniture at 10pm.
• Fell back asleep to avoid the sensation of my limbs reviving.
• Attempted to find the parties but the Dominicans actually stopped early on a Sunday night this time??
• I need sleep and approximately 37 hours of absolute silence.
• My bruises from getting whipped are nice and colorful today!
• Got a funny text from [redacted] about the time I shoved a hot dog in my fanny pack hehe.
• [Redacted] doesn’t understand the appeal of flossing your brain with music.
• Then we met the mayor of La Vega?
• Tried to go pick up 8 year old bestie for a pancake date but had a baby and pot of guandules plopped into my lap instead.
• Brain is so full and so empty at the same time.
• The fresh puppy out back wouldn’t stop squeaking.
• [Redacted] just interrupted the regularly scheduled programming to send the heights of Mario characters?

Real talk, which is your favorite character?

• [Redacted]? No. BIG BOI.

Well, that’s it for this time folks.

In case you missed it, check out part one of my chaotic journal entries here: Out of Context Journal Entries