This is day one of a seven day detox that I will be doing with my boss and one of my co-workers.
It is only 11:16am and I am suffering...I need coffee!! For the first two days the detox involves drinking only liquids, herbal tea, water, agua de pipa and broth (my boss is making broth for my compañero and I to have in the evenings). Every morning when I get up the firt thing I do is put on the coffee...how am I to survive these days without my morning jolt?? My head is hurting and my stomach is rumbling. Could it be that I am addicted to caffine?? Or is it just the lack of calories?
Yesterday I had the strangest day, un día de locos! I woke up at 2:30am and went to drop off my group of boys at the airport and it all went smoothly. Then I returned to the little chaperone apartment and tried to sleep for a few more hours...! I had a lovely breakfast of a tomato omelette and avocado with a sandwhich (cream cheese and beans) and a big cup of coffee brewing...when I got a call that I had to go to the airport and help my compañero pick up a girl from his group arriving late. So I threw on my CPI shirt and some jeans and rushed out without brushing teeth or hair...only to get to the airport and discover that I was there about 2 hours early! So I hitched a ride back to San Joaquin and washed up and finished my cup of coffee before leaving to go pick up my new group around 12pm. But I was running up and down, and my whole morning just seems like a blur!
My afternoon was spent with my new group, orienting them and doing a walking tour of San Joaquin, getting a late lunch and then having them meet homestay families. Then I went with my compañera to the local mall and helped her find a gift for her boyfriend, and we got back around 9pm and I watched some tv and ate some Terra Chips (love these, my grandma used to have them all the time at her house when I was a kid!) and brushed my teeth and went to bed!!! But on the whole I had only a little while of free time, and I survived the day.
Today my new group is doing a city tour of Heredia (without me!) and later this afternoon they have thier first day of Spanish class. We will see if I haven't fainted from hunger by then! I am going to go get some more lemon water.
Pura Vida...
Kudos chica! Those detoxes can be pretty brutal. The first couple days suck because your body is flushing out toxins so you'll feel sick at first. But it's so worth it after it's all said and done!
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