Kipilefti

So, things that have happened recently…

• I read, like, ten books and drank innumerable cups of tea while lying in bed until late in the morning every day
• The power at my school remained out
• I fainted in the choo after being ill for a day. I cannot think of a less pleasant place to faint
• The Peace Corps finally deposited the rest of our settling-in allowance, but still hasn’t deposited our living allowance. I am Not Happy about this.
• I spent twelve hours traveling in one day, during which our bus got stuck in the mud twice and we had to hike up muddy mountains while it was unstuck
• I was nibbled by a drunk monkey (who was hilarious beyond my powers of expression)
• I saw half my remaining training class
• I sang Christmas carols with orphans
• I did the Bunny Hop down a Tanzanian street at ten P.M.

It was a really good Christmas, but very different from what I was used to…

(P.S. Enjoy pictures of my house, up now on Flickr! MARVEL at the ugly concrete and the great view! THRILL to a photograph of my fruits and vegetables!)