Don't drink the water!!!

Just don't...

On Tuesday, I told one of my students that I'd go help her do some work at her house. In this culture, the people don't like to leave their house unattended. Even if it's for like an hour. So, my friend who's 22 got assigned the task of watching the house all day, everyday. This task is just as important as working and bringing home the bacon. 

She's at home alone every single day with nobody to talk to. She has to cook, clean, feed the pigs, feed the pigeons (which they eat), and keep her sanity. I visited her a couple of weeks ago, and she was saying how lonely she was here at the house. She said she used to have a dog, but it died. And she loved the dog. It was her company during the day. A dog costs 6 bucks here. I got the girl a dog. SOOOOOO CUTE!!!!!!! His name is Doo. Which means black. Creative, right? Wink wink.

Ok, ANYways... I asked her if she wanted me to come help her at her house, and she said sure! Come on by! Tuesday morning, I went to her house not really knowing what to expect. Would we be slaughtering pigeons? Feeding pigs? I had no idea!!! I got there and she had two gardening hoes. As some of you know, a couple of weeks ago, I went to another friend's farm and helped her family plow the land with small hoes and plant huge grass stalks for the cows to eat. We worked for 8 hours straight. I had blisters and all that!!!!! This time, when I saw the hoes, I just said... God help me! Not again!!! 

We proceeded to the garden, which isn't very small and takes up her entire yard. She had planted corn. A lot of cron! Our task? Take the hoes and chop the weeds/dirt around 100's of corn plants. Your girl was pretty tired after a few hours. And sweaty. And THIRSTY. So thirsty that I drank the very cloudy luke-warm water that was given to me. Maybe three cups of it. I paid the price for drinking said water for a few days. 

Hindsight: DON'T DRINK the water.