After a 6 month-or-so hiatus, I’ve decided to start making blog posts again. A little over a month ago, I left Michigan for my first travel OT contract in New Mexico. I had a wonderful summer with my parents in MI, but I was ready to go. New Mexico (especially where I am in the …
Medellin- the city of eternal spring. Indeed, the weather was almost perfect with the occasional unpredictable rain that we could never anticipate. However, the day that I decided to go paragliding was 10/10 for time in the air- nothing but sunshine. When heading out to the paragliding site, we were lucky enough to take the …
If you’ve spoken to me in the last two weeks or have read my blog posts before, you know how much I love Colombia. Once in Bogotá last summer, and after bussing with Hannah from Ecuador to Bogotá last winter, I put Medellin on my bucket list for a variety of reasons. The 10 days …
Well, as I write this I am back in the good ole Columbus, Ohio drinking quality coffee and hanging out with my sister, some of the things I missed most. However, if I had to choose, I would still be in Ecuador. Though I did miss friends, family, and most importantly food- there’s just something …
After the long travel back from the Amazon, it was back to a normal work week. We had reached the end of the Level 1 occupational therapy students rotating through at CRECER, so it was nice to go back to our usual dynamic with the kids and not having what seemed like a million people …
Since there isn’t much time left, we are trying to pack in as much adventure as possible in the ending weeks, both work wise and travel wise. So fair warning now, this is going to be a long post. A few Thursdays back, Hannah and I headed out to Esperanza to do some community visits …
After arriving back mid-week from spending Carnaval in Mompiche, I was so happy to welcome back Ibarra’s climate into my arms- 70, sunny, and low humidity, though I will say the non-bustling and fresh air lifestyle of the coast was nice as well. The rest of the week at CRECER was very slow because school …
Last week, our time was spent preparing for our Carnaval trip to Mompiche. It is a coastal town about 8 hours away by bus. Work wise, I’m starting to compile write-ups on the time I have spent at the older adult centers, as this is what is most pertinent to my capstone project. Plus the …
In the past two weeks, the sun has been out in full force in Ibarra; the beginning of January was rather cloudy with cooler than normal temperatures. Now, it’s been 75 degrees and sunny every day, so we’ve had a lot of opportunity to enjoy the rays. Last week, we attempted our first go at …
I’ve been living in la la land the past month or so, essentially just being on vacation. So now that my family is gone and I have a regular schedule again, it’s time to buckle down for my OTD project. I always knew that coming to Ecuador would present me with things of which I …