No Rain
Summer storms always did something for me. Something about the way the heat seems to dissipate with the first rung of thunder, followed by the breeze and then the sheets of rain that pour. Cambodian storms seem to be infinitely better. Having spent the better part of yesterday and last night pouring sweat and trying to find refuge in the few and far in between breezes, laying in my bed reading Crime and Punishment, listening to Page France, and having my newly purchased fan and best friend, has probably been one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve had since my move to Koh Kong. It’s been pouring for the better part of 3 hours this lazy afternoon and I can’t even begin to describe how the simplicity of it all has me with a dumb grin on my face.
Things don’t get much better than when you take the time to appreciate the things in life we take for granted. In the end, it’s those day to day things that I find myself appreciating more and more with my time here. With the stress of moving in, adjusting to the things we all assumed we hurdled the first time (yes we know how to eat, do our own laundry, speak the language, and yes…even shower), even if our host families don’t seem to believe us.
I’m starting teaching this coming Monday, meeting with a friend at Wildlife Alliance, an NGO two hours by boat north of here in the Cardamom Mountains, and starting to have ideas left and right about how I want to spend my time here.
Life is what we make of it, Peace Corps is no different. You can sit and watch The Wire every day, you can read, or you can do something, or as I’m assuming will happen, have a healthy mix of it all. Without being tied down to those commitments in the States, my time here seems so much more open ended. I plan to make my time here something to look back on and realize that this is when I put things together and shaped something real out of this whole experience.
Just another rainy day thought.
Be easy,
-Matt
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