multumesc

I will be home in four days. And to close out my fourth to last day here I am sitting at home inside on this beautiful bucharest day sick. just a cold. my throat is swollen and my head hurts and my ears and i have a runny nose. a lot of people here have it so its no surprise i do too. i tried to push it the last few days and go out anyway but this morning i was dying and decided to stay home in bed. and this is a hard thing to do here since there is one person in the house, i have a book, and pen and paper. so ive just been trying to sleep the day away.

mama maria is taking care of me. the most precious woman in the world who doesnt speak a lick of english. she didnt even know i was home till i went down to get some lunch. she grabbed pretty much any left overs we had and more and placed them in front of me and then just started making tea and going off in romanian though i never have any idea what shes saying. so she made me some lunch and some lemon and fruit tea. then she wouldnt let me go back to bed without giving me a back rub first so i sat down and she rubbed my back which was amazing. she had me rub something on my neck and then sent me off to bed. this was the most at home i could possibly feel while sick and it was amazing.

The last few days were difficult besides being sick. i found out something about romanian orphanages which is probably true for all orphanage across the world. i dont want to discuss it on here because it just isnt appropriate and i would probably burst into tears again. so when i get home well talk.

i will be back saturday night at ten. im looking forward to it though i am in no way ready to leave here yet. im going to go and try to nap for another five hours until everyone finally gets home....