Things aren't really going as well as planned. Things are looking pretty grim! It has been an awesome journey so far but I'm going hard hit on some negative points (and a few positives). This isn't for sympathy but for your entertainment. Enjoy!
Negatives
1. Tanner is sick. His diagnosis: an ulcer and he has been burning up for a week. My diagnosis: I think he has at least 2 or 3 holes in his stomach from sleeping on one too many filthy floors in India.
This morning he basically was lying in death bed. As our host and I told him we are heading to the market, he gave me these last words: "Get some peaches, the fuzzy ones."
2. I've been sick since I got to Europe. Mostly it's been an annoying cold and fortunately has gotten better but it's still frustrating.
3. Our ties are still stuck in the mail! We have a black market tie business that we played to sell in the streets and is key to the fundraising of this trip. A week ago we sent for 350 ties to come to our location in Greece in 3-5 business days but we still have not received them. We need them here before we had to Athens on Saturday.
There is not much other options to get money in Greece as the unemployment of this country is like 60%. Our best ideas are washing windows on cars at stoplights or donating plasma. We need those ties!
4. Energy levels: low. We have been sleeping in until noon the past 5 days and are pretty worthless.
Motivation levels: surprisingly high for me after watching the first 3 episodes of "Game of Thrones" but overall they are low.
Moral: low.
Optimism: Always High
5. Football. Iowa lost, the Vikings lost, Adrian Peterson is out, and my fantasy team is looking rough. What happened??!! It's week 2!!! I'm not supposed to be giving up on the season until like November. This is ridiculous!
Positives
1. We are hitchhiking down to Athens on Saturday.We bought a ferry ticket from Greece to Italy for next Monday, so we are going to Italy!
2. Our host has been awesome! She introduced me to "Game of Thrones", has been a great cook (we have also cooked) a great tour guide, and has gotten plenty of enjoyment/laughs out of our current negative situation :).
3. Played a great board game called Ubongo. It's a little bit like Tetris.
** Final note: I think most people in our situation would cut there losses and book their flight back to the US (USA! USA! USA!). Not us, we'll catch our break. Just need to keep our eyes open!
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