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A day in the Peace Corps

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I wake up at about 5:30.  It is Saturday morning, and rain is falling lightly.  I like light rainy days, so far, because it means the place won't get so hot.  Light rain means it won't get too muddy. I brush my teeth and take a bucket shower, which means I dump water over my head and wash my face.  Wash my face means I rub a few handfuls of water on my face.  I've been letting my hair grow, and have a good mullet going now, some real hockey hair.  I take my real bath in the afternoon or evening before bed, where I go swim in the ocean.  I rub sand on my feet and lower legs to clean them.  Otherwise I just rub my hands over my body and hair to try to get it cleaner.  I don't use soap or shampoo. For breakfast I eat half a dozen breakfast crackers with peanut butter, and a couple cups of a 3-in-1 Chinese coffee mix that everyone just calls Chinese coffee.  It is coffee in the same way I am Chinese, but I like it. Today I decide to make bucket wine.  I finally have a