Peace Corps by Numbers

My Peace Corps journey so far can be summed up in numbers.  It seems like everything I do has to do with numbers in one way or another. 

The number of…

Days I have left

Days I have been here

Vacation days I have left

Days until the half way point

Ounces of water I drank

Pills I have to take

Pills I have left

Mosquito bites I have today

PCV’s in the area

PCV’s dropping by my house

Books I have read

Movies I have watched

Forks, plates, and cups I really need

Times I have been catcalled today

Times I have been asked if I’m from New York

Times I have been proposed to

Times I peed without using toilet paper

Times I had a mosquito borne illness

Days I really work in the week

People can they fit in this minibus

Days it rained in a row

Times I crave McDonalds

Times I poop in a day, week, month

Students I see outside of work

Students who know my name and I don’t know there’s

Teachers that came to work today

Holes in my clothes

Hours this blackout will last

Times I have been asked if I’m married

Times I have been asked if I have kids

Whatsapp message I received while not on wifi or data

Bags I think I can carry from the store to my house

Random numbers that have called or whatsapped me

Inches of water in my house

Volunteers are in the Peace Corps lounge

Times I have been mistaken for other volunteers

Friends I have in the community