Here's a lil update on my lil life in Africa....
SEPTEMBER: So, after the chaos of "All Vol" (a meeting for ALL the VOLunteers in country-I'll post about that lata) I settle back in at my site. It's my birthday month, and I am forced to stay at home-PC rules...BLERG.
It's al ok because on my birthday I have tons of princess wrapping paper covered presents from the fam, and we Skype as I open them-How fab is that?! It was so wonderful I even get to watch my family sing to me via a FB video...I love my fam. I get things I need plus a few frivolous items too :)
Kelly comes to visit the weekend after my birthday and showers me with hand-me down gifts-it's all very thoughtful and makes me feel special. She even offers me a plastic flower on bended knee-ahhh the romance.
Kelly has the idea to mark my height on a doorway in my kitchen-which has since become a tradition for every person who visits my house-I'm seriously accumulating quite a few marks ;)
OCTOBER: It starts out a slow month but then it all changes. Lesotho Durham LINK (LDL), my host organization-google it, has a huge celebration. I get all dressed up and even end up on TV. Yay! I'm totes famous in a country that happens to be smaller than most lakes in America. Baha. Don;t believe me you say, Google it :)
There is a huge group of people from Durham and they want to visit LDL's community outreach centre (my village). I even wash my hair that morning and prepare for the busy day. we clean the school and set up for our guests. We take them on a tour of the school, and the kids perform traditional dances. it's a blast-I couldn't be more proud. Once the sun starts to set they depart, ad I run home for a nap-after smooshing and chatting it up all day this lil lady is exhausted,
NOVEMBER: I am beginning to feel like a Peace Corps Volunteer-at least every once in awhile. I still can't travel for the first few weeks, and then BAM-i can leave my district! Woot! I spend my first weekend in Mohale's Hoek (south of the country). Kelly is much more rural than I am, but we have a great weekend! Her cat, Winnie, has 2 kittens, one of which I claim, and we go for a lil walk around her village. As November nears its end, I am busy planning to host Thanksgiving and 15+ PCVs in my house. Because of schedules, we are unable to celebrate on Thursday-but who says the Saturday after doesn't count? Thanks to some amazing chefs, my real stove and oven, and some generous care packages from Mama's back home-Thanksgiving is a HUGE success! We eat too much, drink, and we talk abut football-can't take the American outta us, eh?
My PC Family :) We are a beautiful lil bunch, eh?
Sun worshippers...and notice those Christmas lights...HOW RAD?!
DECEMBER: School is out for the summer!!! I spend my days in Maseru working with host org and of course Kelly. We catch up on sleep and travel lots :) Simple living because we are saving every penny because we are heading to Cape Town for New Year's Eve :)
We have BIG plans for Christmas, but on its Eve I become very sick and we are forced to cancel. A dear friend, Courtney, visits and Kelly balances being a caring gf for me and a hostess for Courtney. The next morning I feel stronger and keep down food-yay! We play aggravation ALL day and I eat crackers. It's all so exciting. Kelly renames the sparkle spaces the Sparkle Highway, for those of you who know this game understand.
Next post: New year's events in Cape Town, South Africa :)
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