I have now been in
Itiioopyia for 9 months.
That my friend is in fact a Peace Corps Baby.
I have been attempting to think of a name for this beautiful
experience thus far.
I think I shale name this Peace Corps baby Patience.
I also feel this is an important time to reveal my
analytical, scientific, totally awesome theory on the similarities of Peace
Corps service and pregnancy. Have I ever been pregnant? Well no. But I have
Wikipedia (when there’s network) and that is a credible source right? So here
it is ladies and gentlemen.
A Comparative Analysis of Pregnancy and Peace Corps Service.
Written By the Future Dr. Andrea Spake. Dr. Dre for short.
Peace Corps is described as the toughest job you will ever
love. The person who coined this phrase was not lying. Service however is not
difficult for some of the reasons you may think. Sure it is difficult to have
to wash clothes by hand, and sometimes it would be nice to have electricity.
But through this paragraph or so I will attempt to prove that the difficulties
in Peace Corps service are similar to those difficulties that are experienced
by one half the population of the world; Pregnancy. You are now thinking Dr.
Dre how in the world are you going to compare your dirty hippy Peace Corps service
to the beautiful gift of bringing life into the world? Also you’ve never been
pregnant so how can you speak on its behalf? It’s true they seem very different
at the surface level, but the similarities will surprise you. Yes, I have never
been pregnant but I have seen pregnant women. Scientists often write about
animals they have never been right? Trust me I studied biology.
The first example in this super scientific paper is strange
cravings. This is common knowledge about pregnant women they crave strange
food. The same is true for Peace Corps volunteers. The difference is we PCV’s
cant always cure this craving. Speaking from experience I even have dreams
about food. Really vivid, wake up tasting it, dreams. This is something I never
experienced in my life. I find myself having to physically close my eyes while
watching TV shows or movies because the sight of food I can’t eat makes the
cravings worse.
My second example is the constant mood swings of a Peace
Corps Volunteer. I have been around plenty of pregnant women so this one I can
say in confidence as well. Pregnant women change their moods just as often as I
do. One day you are on cloud nine enjoying life and the next minute you are
screaming in your house cursing every person you saw that day.
What other outrageous connections can I think of? Let’s see there
is the constant change in weight, both loss and gain depending on the volunteer
and the fact you can’t always control your bodily functions.
So to conclude this super dooper scientific paper I just
want to say this: don’t judge yo.
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