Plagued By The Plague

Here I thought I was in a great place to start blogging again in earnest, but of course these things never work out as planned.

Chiefly in my way: a fairly horrendous stomach sickness. Said bacterial menace has kept me partially to totally out of commission for upwards of 2 weeks and has been resistant to: countless Immodium; the BRAT diet (which here consists basically of mini-muffins, bananas, white rice, and fake packaged bread which they call "france bread" when I can find it); two rounds of Cipro (the all-purpose travel antibiotic engineered to wipe out anything residing in your tummy); and a Chinese IV treatment with replacement fluids and antibiotics. And yet my stomach continues to rebel. I gotta tell you, I'm pretty ready to throw in the towel, regardless of what a sad, disappointing, and frustrating ending that would make to this wonderful adventure.

But you gotta quit sometime, and I'm not sure how much more intestinal fortitude (pun intended) I have.

Technical difficulties

My apologies: it's been awhile since I posted, but I have a good excuse: the internet cafe I've been going to in Lanping seems not to accept Blogspot cookies, and so I can't sign in. I sent this post to my mother to take care of for me-- that's the solution I came up with. I'll be moving on (I hope) to Liuku on Monday, so I can hopefully start posting again. I have a lot to say.

But for now I'm afraid I'll have to leave it at an apology. I've been very stressed out about thesis/research topic stuff the past few days and I seem to have gotten myself into a pretty significant funk. So I think I'll go back to our hotel and eat some chocolate (if I can manage an appetite, my stomach has been acting very oddly) and go to bed early. Tomorrow is a new day...right?