A Different Kind of Weekend

I think my posts of late had taken a rather melancholy turn, so I am pleased to report that this weekend I completely unwound. I went to Voi and we met up with 6 other volunteers (Tori, Kelly, Nick, John, Nemo and Emily). We spent a lot of the weekend swapping war stories (I'm glad that none of my students have tried to put curses on my unborn children) and just catching up.

I ate cheese! Lots and lots of cheese. We had wine (from a box) with cheese and crackers, and then for dinner, we ate macaroni and cheese because Kelly had some packets. It was amazing. Then, we watched the superbowl (a dvd had been sent to John from America). We all knew what the final score would be, and there were no commercials on the disk but it was still really fun to watch the game. Tori was an amazing hostess all weekend and I think we all felt a lot better afterwards.

I also finally bought a dish rack, which was rather overdue. While we were at the market (Voi's market is on Friday, so I can never go because of school, but this was our first three day weekend) we saw some T-shirts that had come to Kenya from thrift shops and the like. As we were browsing, I came across a shirt from Oak Park. I think it was from the premiere of the 6th Harry Potter book (I was working with Emily A-P and Kate Merrick that summer, and I remember them making a big deal about it). Anyway, I bargained the price down to 100 shillings ($1.25). It was really fantastic. The shirt was Youth Size 12/14, but it was only barely too small for me. I may have lost a little weight here in Kenya.

I also drank about 15 Picanas, which is an amazing mango puree (probably artificial) drink that they have in Voi and its ice cold.

I really feel recharged after this weekend, let's hope I can keep up this pace!