A Cold Front February 9, 2009
Posted by pazybien2009 in The D.R..trackback
From what I hear, it is quite warm at 50 to almost 60 degrees in Pennsylvania. It has been chilly here. Today it barely reached 70 degrees. On Friday I saw a student wearing an honest-to-goodness winter coat. The weather still hasn´t fallen below 65 degrees.
This cold front started to give me the sniffles. ¿Ironic, isn´t it? The temperature dips a few degrees here, is still warmer than the heat wave at home, but I get a cold anyways. I guess with a new school comes a new batch of germs just like any other, plus I was getting used to the heat.
Anyhow, the sisters here know how to treat the “gripe” (literally means the flu but it is used more or less as umbrella term for colds and other little illnesses). First, they tell you that you need to eat more rice, beans and oranges. This is actually what they say all of the time, but if you have a cold they end their sentences with something like, “para el gripe” or, “for the cold”. Then they make you tea. Before I left the school sister Jennifer made me tea with passion fruit leaves, lemon, honey and garlic, yes, garlic. Then when I got back to the formation house sister Lourdes made me tea with garlic and honey. I know it sounds weird but they were both rather tasty.
The moral of the story is that I have the sniffles, but I am being well taken care of.
I would just like to tell you that Reading was in the low 60′s today. It was crazy warm for February. But aside from that, when I left my house this morning it was 35 degrees and I thought “hm, its warm out here” and i debated wearing a jacket. it’s been SO freakin cold here that 35 felt warm. not to mention 60 degrees is hot for a PA winter. enjoy being away from the bitter cold, and please bring back some warmth
Garlic huh? Medical advice from the sister…add garlic…ok then. I don’t have to feel too bad about adding garlic to almost evertyhing I cook. lol Good to know. Well I’m glad they are taking such good care of you!