It’s now the rainy season and I love it. The weather is cool and cloudy, a lot like autumn back home minus the leaves. Everyone else doesn’t seem to care for it and a few people have started saying “it is your weather, DuDu.” I love the sound of rain on my tin roof, which usually makes it sound like there’s a hurricane going on, even if it’s just an average rainfall. The thunder and lightening here is also something else. Lightening striking in the far off hills is really beautiful. So here’s a typical day for me:
6:00-8:00 make the bed, sweep the floor (there’s always dust), fetch water, wash a few clothes or bucket bathe, wash dishes, boil water, make tea and breakfast
8:00-1:00 Go to the clinic OR go to the high school OR go to the preschool OR go to town. If it’s Saturday then I go to a community meeting. If it’s Sunday, church.
1:00-2:00 Go home and make lunch
2:00-3:00 Chat with somebody (usually Mumcy at the kagogo center)
3:00-6:00 Read (a lot), tidy my house, write, listen to music, play solitaire, think about life (a lot), take clothes off the line, chase the kids/chickens/dogs around the yard, make dinner
6:00-9:00 Hang out in the main house with the family, listen to the radio, talk with make, study SiSwati, play with the kids, and maybe watch a movie on the laptop with my brothers
9:00-10:00 light the candles, wash face, brush teeth, read a little more, hit the hay
And so goes a day in the exciting life of a Peace Corps Volunteer…
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