Hi all,
I'm caving under the pressure to provide information, photos etc about my goings-on. It seemed that I should jump on the bandwagon with a blog.... So here it is, my first one.
I'm in Khartoum right now and I'll be here until December. It's really really hot, though I've actaully missed the hottest part of the year. The pool water is starting to cool down which is nice...I'm enjoying my laps a bit more. Other than that, there's not much new!! I'll see if I can post some of my original email from Khartoum up so those that didn't see it, and maybe some photos. I'm just getting the hang of this.
Anyway--some little tidbits about what's been happening in the last week:
1. I saw a guy with a lawn mower strapped on to the back of his bicycle. That was pretty cool (and frankly and inventive way to transport your lawn mower!).
2. When we were pulling in to our driveway last night we almost got hit by a car. I saw it out of the corner of my eye, braced and said "Mary, Mother of God" which illicited laughter from my car mates. Of course--they hadn't seen it coming so didn't know until the danger had passed. One of my car mates thought I should call my mom and let her know that I was semi-praying in what could have been my "final moments" (though it really wouldn't have been that bad an accident if we had been hit) and the other thought it was interesting that i called out Mary insteand of God or Jesus....laying down my true feminist roots I guess!!!
3. I spent part of my weekend reading ("The Emperer's Children"--as my sister said--there are just too many words), looking for running music and other music on iTunes (my new favorite's are "Here" by Hellogoodby and "Relax, Take it Easy" by Mika) and cooking (there are few words to describe my culinary skills)
Anyway--that's about it for this edition....I'll pass on tidbits as they occur. Feel free to drop me a line!!
Jane
