Kipilefti

Jess and Bret came yesterday to celebrate my birthday early. It was a lot of fun: we made pirogues (delicious!) and chocolate cake (which turned out more like brownies because I got distracted and forgot to put in the salt and baking powder) and then watched Hot Fuzz and then somehow it was one in the morning and we sat around and chatted. We assembled my guest bed around two in the morning and slept in. I hadn’t seen any wazungu for two weeks and I definitely needed it. It was great.

But: they’re now semi-officially dating (although they haven’t told their villagers yet). I was expecting it and I think it’s great, and I’m pretty sure it won’t change the dynamic of our interactions (they’ve been quite close for a while) or how often they visit (not often), but…! I’d been sort of hoping that by coming to Africa I’d get out of the all-my-friends-are-couples thing! Wishful thinking, I guess.