The lames, the goods

Well, I'm off to Guatemala again tomorrow, which is awesome... so of course my body decided to relapse and crash today, which is so incredibly not awesome.

I feel like I did in the days leading up to the worst bout of this nerve crap I've had thus far... nauseous, cold, tired, tingly, grumpy (see saddest post ever: "I am bummed.") My fingers are on constant pins and needles, and my feet have it mildly, too. I'm not as weak yet, and hopefully won't get there either, but it's one of those baddo positive reinforcement loops where feeling crappy makes me stressed and grumpy, which is not very good for body health.

Especially because my next few days will be so uncomfortable and exhausting, even if I were in great health! Flight leaves at 6:15 tomorrow morning, but I don't get into Guatemala city until 9:30 at night... and then hop on a 12 hour bus ride the next morning at 10am up to Flores. So lots of sitting in uncomfortable, possibly over-air conditioned, long transit situations, plus a serious change of climate, plus a change of language, plus a healthy dose of general all-around culture shock. There is no real way to "take good care of yourself" in such situations. Other than maybe resigning myself to whatever shit goes wrong now, and not freaking out about it.

So... everybody send me good body vibes, so I have the strength to haul my backpack up whatever flights of stairs are necessary, and good calm vibes, so I don't freak out when my backpack doesn't show up at the end of my journey.

Actual Guatemala posts coming soon! Maybe I'll revive the old guate-centric blog for that purpose.