I’m sitting in a little office-like room at my temporary home here in Gonaives, Haiti with a wicked fast internet connection and loads of stuff to do. Am I getting any work done? Hell no.
People who eagerly flock to supposedly dangerous places to shovel mud for weeks or months on end tend to be just a little bit crazy, and those are the people I usually get on with really well. The volunteering project I’m on right now has 22 people on it right now and the numbers will keep increasing from here on in until it ends in January. It might creep up to as high as 40 volunteers at once, all of whom are interesting in one way or another and most of whom enjoy chatting each night over a few beers.
It makes sitting here in this little office pretty tough. There are people to get to know outside and I am finding it hard not to pack up my computer and head out to join in the conversations. It’s really hard when the people I’m around are so much fun. It’s obviously a good thing but it makes getting work done pretty difficult.
People tend to come home and pass out for two hours during lunch so maybe I can use that time to get some productive stuff done. Unfortunately, I’d prefer to pass out durng lunch as well. I am going to set myself a goal of getting my living in Sydney site complete befor ethe end of November and then set another couple of goals for December. It’s the only way I think I will be able to motivate myself to sit in front of the computer instead of enjoying good company, a few drinks and the beautiful starry skys.
This working on the road thing is great but it can certainly be challenging at times like these. Ok, blog post done… time to go socialise!
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