| | I just have some unintentional knack for making people fussy with me =P heh
Wasted
the entire day yesterday doing generally nothing at all. Developed an
insane headache all of a sudden but it went away fairly quickly. Found
a new favorite flower: the orange gerbera daisy. I bought two
artificial ones at Hobby Lobby when their stems were half-off last
week, and have them on the desk here. There sure are a lot of cuties at
Hobby Lobby, too. Discovered that a guy I'd met once before works
there, met him at a friend-gathering of sorts (mostly friends of a
mutual friend) and we hit it off somewhat well considering we both
speak French, although he is insanely better at it than I am. I can
come up with a good response in French after like 4 minutes of figuring
out what was just said in an "oh, duh! I should've known what that
meant way faster" reaction =P
This week I hope I can get
scheduled for two shots, a tetanus update and a Hep-A shot for the
upcoming Kenya trip. The trip still seems half-and-half as far as
whether it's on, although I know it is still full on, because I keep
getting mixed impressions about whether the civil unrest is just
overblown or really is something to avoid. In some articles, all the
stores are closed.. but in others, tourists aren't having too much
trouble with it.
Or leader dude, who will be making this March trip his seventieth
short term mission trip, says he has near-daily contact with a bunch
that are over there and they keep emphasizing that it's still OK to
come down it seems. He said it's largely an issue between two major
tribes that have a disagreement on a recent election tally, but that
both tribes recognize the dire importance of missionaries and foreign
assistant (like tourism) and have no issue with visitors bringing aid,
since both tribes benefit. They agree than tourists and missionaries
are off-limits from their political issues, so it seems like safe
passage is very plausible. The lead guy also noted that our lodging is
guarded by security personnel, so overnights should be no worry.
I'm
considering making some sort of atypical eBay auction for messages that
will be written in a notebook that will be taken to Kenya with me and
then shredded and thrown into the landfill. They can be confessions,
prayers, proclaimations of love, etc, and charge like $2 for each
message, to help offset the costs of the trip. Good idea? Bad idea? |
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