You would think after being back for a few weeks I would get used to this heat but it's so brutal! It's a constant battle to try and keep cool here. I just keep telling myself winter is coming. Yeah that was very "Game of Thrones". In a few months I will feel cold again. I think that it's funny that I am complaining of heat while people back home are praying for summer time. I guess you always want what you don't have. I would kill for some cool weather right now. It rained this morning which was a short relief but then it shot right back up in temperature after it stopped.
Teaching is going okay but it's very hard to teach computers with no actual working computers. They told me to teach "theory". Honestly, I am not going to be able to get creative here with computer theory. I taught the different parts of the computer and beyond that they need practical experience. As for the english class that I have i'm teaching the same lessons I taught at the beginning of last year which are the boring get up in front of the board and learn that you add an 's' here and not there. The fun lessons are coming up.
Other than school stuff I have found that i'm very stuck here. I don't know anywhere to go to meet people other than the shebeen right next to the school. I want that village feel back. I miss going out into the village and feeling like a part of it. It was nice to be in the middle of nowhere most days. Here i'm right next to the road. Yes it's a convenience for when I want to go somewhere but it feels a little weird.
Daily life goes on as usual, the water has been fritzing out lately and I have had to resort back to bucket bathing occasionally. This is no big deal. The big deal yesterday is that I left my laundry for a few weeks and finally got around to doing it yesterday. I had SO many things to hand wash it was ridiculous. It took me a good few hours and my hands were so sore afterwards from wringing the clothes out. Then the wind picked up and the clothes kept falling off the line into the sand. Imagine my dissapointment that after all that time spent washing the clothes they just got dirty again. Why didn't I use clothes pins you ask? Well I left them in Onambutu and my one housemate with clothes pins was out while I was doing laundry.
I purchased a phone here that has an application calls whatsapp on it. It is literally the coolest thing ever. It allows me to text with people from home with the same app for free. It's nice to be able to chat with people so far away as if I was in the US and carrying on with life there.
That's a short update for now! I'll update when I have some stories to tell.
Peace and Love,
Chels
