Missing Out

So the rest of my group (with the exception of one, who went to Panama City) left early this morning for Nicaragua. It's a week long trip that brings us back home the following Sunday. Except I didn't go. I'm still not fit for travel.

I talked to Emily tonight, and she said it was officially a 12-hour trip. They left from Intercultura at 530 am and arrived around dinner time. It included a 2-hour delay at immigration, and an hour on a ferry to get to the island at the tail end of it. Doesn't sound like I've missed anything yet. They'll be staying on Ometepe Island until Wednesday, then heading south back towards Costa Rica to stay in Granada. Granada is a colonial town like Heredia, but is apparently much more beautiful with several old houses serving as classic colonial representations of the era.

Most likely, I'm going to try and make the journey and meet the group in Granada Wednesday. I'd hate to spend an entire week just lounging in Heredia, but it all depends on how well I feel. Today was close to normal, meaning I only had random red blotches on my shoulder, face, and leg, and had a swollen right foot until this afternoon. Whatever got me I don't know, but this is my theory, in order of liklihood.

1. Imodium reaction with antibiotics
2. Spider bite (or other type of bug bite)
3. Straight reaction to Penicillin
4. Catching something dirty from San Ramon
5. Reaction from something contacting my skin

As you can tell, nobody has a clue what it was. I just know that I have to say that I'm allergic to Penicillin for the rest of my life, which will prove useful on countless medical forms, insurance forms, waivers, etc. for years down the road. Yeah.

On another note, the only exciting thing to happen on Saturday was that Emily moved in. She wasn't able to deal with her ever-hungry, bossy, annoying, greasy roommate that she was recently forced to share a bed with. I don't blame her. In fact, I told her from the beginning that it was going to be a problem. She spends a lot of time over at my place anyways. So she was here for a day and took of to Nicaragua. I did get babied a little bit on Saturday when I was stuck to the couch like a blob, watching tv and playing Gin Rummy. She made me soup and what not.

Off to bed. I'm going to try and work on my paper tomorrow so I can be set for Wednesday.