Just checking in after my breakdown . . .

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Hello everyone! By everyone I mostly mean my father because I think I freaked him out with my tearful panicking phone call last night.

Last night was insane, and definitely the worst night of my trip so far. I hope it is also the worst night I will ever have on this trip, because I am ready for things to start going well here! Basically, I keep getting food that is making me sick, and yesterday I also discovered a crazy amount of bug bites all over my body that were making me itch like crazy. Fast forward to last night, it's 1 in the morning, I still can't sleep, I'm freaking out because I'm convinced that my bed in infested with bed bugs, and I look on the floor and see a GIANT spider crawling around. It was the scariest, hugest, most horribly creepy spider I have ever seen (and I've seen a tarantula).

Long story short, I had a mental breakdown, managed to trap the spider in a glass, freaked out some more, got in bed, put 3 layers of clothes on, cried some more, left my light on, and slept on and off for a few hours. I am exhausted today. And a little sick. Hopefully that will go away soon.

So, today I went to a goat farm, and walked around it in the rain, learning how goat cheese is made. The goats were actually adorable, and I liked that they weren't killed, but were instead used for their milk. Pictures to come. Right now it's dinner time, and I'm hoping not to have to eat more butter stuff. But of course I will.