Malaria.

That's right. I have malaria. Oh joyous day. My housemate Tim had it about two weeks ago so I was able to recognize the symptoms and left work early yesterday after I had been throwing up and having intestinal problems. Lovely. The blood test took about thirty minutes and came back positive. Yesterday was pretty miserable since I had a bad fever and it's already so hot in this freaking country but I'm feeling a little bit better today- just really tired. I have aches and pains in my abdomen and feel flu-ish. It's kind of scary to realize I have it because it could be mistaken for some kind of bacterial virus or God knows what. Anyways...I'm hoping to goes away soon. I'm wondering when I got bit. It's amazing how one small nasty little bug can make you so sick. I was in a rural village last week with my housemates walking along a waterfall (where 30 Tanzanian kids followed us like the lost boys in Peter Pan). So maybe it was there. Or maybe it was when I was in that village in Arusha. Bleh. Who knows? Anyways life could be worse. I've just been lying in bed watching movies or passed out and sweating. Awesome. I was hoping to write about some funny Tanzanian quirks since my last post was more serious but oh well! I think I'm going to go to Pengane next month- a small island off the coast where there are pretty beaches and maldive forests- with my housemate Marilyn, and after this a tropical beach is sounding pretty fabulous.

Hope all is well.

xo