Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Ready or not , the rain is here

Because this is Mulanje...I'm told.

The rain is coming...at least once a day there is a mini-monsoon. It scares Chuck...who is growing like a little annoying weed. Things are coming along here. I found a new house that I might move to where I don't have a landlord I am at war with. Instead, I would have dairy cows next door (that seems interesting). The house is beautiful, close to water, and farther away from the main road. These are good things. I cleaned out the water tank that the rain water from my roof drains into. Two weeks ago I ate the fish that were in there and now I can use the water for dishes and laundry (after removing about a foot of mud that I put in my garden (or what will one day be my garden if I ever get around to sticking seeds i n the ground). My excuse of waiting on the rain has run dry, or rather been washed out but the rain. Now I tell people that my hands are week like a babies and I don't deal well with pain. They tell me that I'm not that much of a wuss...most people who respond that way because I've beat them in a bicycle race.

Today, right now actually (which is why I'm in the boma instead of at my house even though I'm going to town tomorrow) my chief is holding a village-wide meeting to tell people that I'm a volunteer and they have to stop asking me for money or food or I will go away and find a different village to help (my words). I'm sort of nervous about the outcome but I've been told now to worry and that it will be nothing but helpful. We'll see upon my return, I suppose.

Tomorrow morning I have a meeting with a big muckity muck in Limbe about a feeding program at the primary school in my village so I have to get up with the sun to try to get a free ride before I cut myself off to take a bus so I'm not late. After the meeting, its on to Blantyre where a bunch of peace Corps Volunteers are meeting from the southern region for an orientation for the new kids. Then, Friday morning, we're all headed up to Lilongwe for Thanksgiving, Peace Corps style. I can tell I've been in country a while because when I say Peace Corps, even when I say it in my head while type, I say Peace CorPS. Bad habit I tried to not allow but it has infiltrated. Oh well, there are worse habits, like saying soda and listening to country music. That's right, I said it. I found a spot on my arm yesterday that I thought was a new mole it was weird colored, weird shaped, and new, so of course I freaked out (I lived with hypochondriacs for too long, you know who you are) and convinced myself that it was skin cancer. It was mud from cleaning out the water tank. Haha.

I hear that a lot of people read this. I don't believe it. If you have a google account you should comment so I know. In the mean time. HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I hear there's snow, someone please whitewash Diana for me and throw a snowball at my Dad and Brother. Don't mess with my Mom, you don't know what she's capable of. Also, if you see my dad wearing his giant snow-suit-onesey...make fun of him. Also, hey Lake Stevens!

Today is pie-night at Ebenezer. Eat the lemon meringue for me. Yum. I'm going to have avacado for dinner, because the rainy season is here and I can. It came from my site-mate's tree. Be jealous.

That's all for now. Happy Turkey Day! Enjoy the leftovers.

11 comments:

  1. enjoy your coffee, and have a great day.

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  2. Its COLD here! Tonight I will have hot coffee and pie! Love you! Mom

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  3. Okay, so I can't whitewash your sister or throw a snowball at your brother or dad but I will try and eat pie at church tonight, if I get into Billings. I am going to try and drive right now because it is not windy or snowing. It is below zero now and expected to get up to 17 above tomorrow. Balmy compared to the last four days. Good luck moving!

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  4. The marina water is frozen. It's cold. It's supposed to come up above freezing in the next couple of days.

    Why yes we read this.
    Some folks are lurkers (read, but don't comment)

    How about we do a little cross country skiing for you?

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  5. SODA! HA! Actually I just can't win no matter where I go because here they say "coke" (which is stupid because coke is a specific type of carbonated beverage which I find unappealing).

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  6. Janice says - The chocolate pie was delicious and me, the biggest chicken snow driver, even went to your folks home for dinner - Diana ate peas!!! go figure and then I was blessed with win in Rummy before going to church. Yes, that means I drove not only to your parents home but to church and then to my home - for the uninitiated - that's only a couple of miles but on ice it's a bit tricky. Hugs and loving your blog notes!

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  7. Guess I don't have to be so repetitious with the Janice says stuff - I'm not up to snuff with this technology and what it does exactly. Good night,

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  8. No problem Janice, thanks for the comments. I guess you are reading. haha. Meredith, you have to pick a side (my side) and fight for it. Don't forget my reasoning.

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  9. Don't forget I work in a high school where reading is a requirement - besides being polite and pleasant to everyone! Hugs,

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  10. I always said pop, but then I worked at Taco del Mar, and the customers said all sorts of things: pop, soda, coke, soda fountain, pop machine. So I found myself saying different things. Beverage was what I tried to settle on. Carbonated beverage.

    I would have eaten lemon meringue for you, but people took it too quick! But I did get a little slice of lemon cream. To eat for breakfast on Thanksgiving.

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  11. Listening to country music is a bad habit. ^^; Thanks for posting, always so nice to see what you're up to. Have a super day! :)

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