I got some cards made from a watercolor piece I did, spent an evening in the hospital, felt the injustices of American healthcare, took Tobi for a walk, and spent more time on the toilet than I would have like to.
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Author: Jasmin
Transition
This week I poked fun of how much money Duke has, ate lots of food, visited the gardens during pollen Harmattan, saw donuts getting made, and did some good music release during our church’s praise night. It’s the second week back now, and I’m starting to understand “transition” a bit more.
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Rediscovery
I went home on Sunday/Monday. It’s been a really interesting experience rediscovering my new normal day. The things that were normal that now are not, and the things that I’ve since forgotten that I’m rediscovering. I ate food that I wanted, when I wanted, I reunited with my cat Tobi, I snuggled a LOT with Tobi, and I started looking for jobs.
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Soon™
I leave the ship tomorrow. It’s so surreal that time has passed so quickly, yet it feels like I’ve been on the ship for a long time. We got temp-stranded on an island, I got to experience my first hospital emergency, ate some tasty treats, learned about obstructed labor, re-discovered Chick-fil-A sauce, died in a fire, started a ship-wide controversy, ate more tasty treats, worked my last shift, saw what 2 million GNF looks like in cash, and brought down the house during ship-wide karaoke.
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Sharp Hide
Wow… four months have gone by since I came onboard! Sixteen weeks. This week started off a bit bleak with a bit of a depressive episode after my sickness last week, but the support of the community on board has helped me make a strong recovery. A short documentary about the Kiwi crew came out, Kailee left early to surprise family and friends, I went out to so many dinners, did some art, and saw some PORCUPINES!
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Compassion
Million images alert! This week we had an African fashion show, so there’s a lot of photos to go through. Also, Trancy left, I went to the cinema to see Captain Marvel, and then spent the rest of the week sick in bed. So this update is really the update from the weekend because really most of the rest of the week was spent curled up on my bed in the dark. :(
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Here I am
In time
Wow, where did February go? Only a month left on the ship before I leave Guinea and go home. It’s been admittedly a tough week, with having to cover more responsibilities at work, saying more heartfelt goodbyes, and feeling bit lonely with so many close friends gone. Here’s to a week of making and deepening a few newer friendships, ending AFM chapters with some others, more blood bank frenzy, and developing new skills.
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Mats
This is not a regular missions update, but something I wanted to share and keep in a more accessible (and more easily readable) place. It’s a Norwegian article about a gamer and his gaming community (guild) in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) called World of Warcraft.
As a guild master myself and regular player of an MMORPG called Guild Wars 2, I often find it difficult to share why this game is so engaging and important to people who don’t game regularly. I think this article does a really good job of trying to explain the positive community aspects of gaming and that the depth of these online friendships can be as deep as those that we have with real-life friends, even if you’ve only met up in a virtual world.
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