Parasites, Amoebas, and Bacteria, oh my!

Well this has been an interesting week and a half. We are currently in the process of getting our site assignments, so we had our volunteer visit and had a site fair in which we learned about all the different departments. Friday we had our mid-training language interview which i did horrible on, but oh well.
By far, the most exciting thing that has happened to me so far, is having the oportunity to experience what it feels like to a whole little party of parasites and bacteria living inside of me! Ok, so maybe exciting is the best adjective to use to describe this experience. Last week, the overwelming feeling of nausea forced my host sister and i to go to a labortorio in the next town over, after carrying my lovely sample with me, then getting blood taken (which luckily was just a prick on the finger, but i did NOT know that going in and was nervous as all good be), and waiting an hour to get the results that i had.... lumbrices (huevos de lumbrices to be exact) living inside of me! But that´s just the beginning, but yesterday I got to go the lab again, different side effects this time, and i currently am in the possession of amoebas and bacteria! Not gonna lie, i´d prefer the worm eggs right now, but I´m doing well, got some meds (gotta take 3 different kind!) and i´m just sleeping alot. The lab i went to yesterday was beautiful by the way, so that was reassuring. And i really can´t complain, bc like i´be been saying, i want to make all the mistakes possible during training so that i´ll know how to handle things when i get to my site! I trully feel prepared now. hahahahaha
The only thing that bums me out was that i didn´t get to enjoy my afternoon off yesterday or go out with my friends last night! I have been looking forward to that for weeks now!
I wish i had time to really talk about Nicaragua. All of my friends i feel have shared very insightful opinions about the country and culture and the similarities and differences between here and the US. I promise i´ll get to that, but you know it will be long so i´ll save it for another day!
Also, currently Nicaragua has experienced heavier than usual rains and a lot of flooding and landsliding has been the result. All of the volunteers from the northern departments have been evacuated from their sites and are safe and sound, all others are awaiting further notice, but while the peace corps community in Nica is safe, many Nicaraguans have not been as fortunate. Many are sick, stranded from help, are missing or unfortunately did not survive, please keep the country and the region in your thoughts. The massive amount and constent pace of the rain has over saturated the ground, and even in urban areas there is a lot of flooding.