Hello everyone! I am starting to get use to the Kenyan life! The biggest thing I have had to get use to it the bathroom experience, the tradition and culture pertaining to women and the mud! I have given up on washing my feet after the muddy days and they are officially dyed red from the dirt. Although, my nails are now pink because I bought pink nail polish in town for Slyiva, Phylis and I to wear! I also bought a table for the house in town at the supermarket and Sylvia carried it on her head all the way home! My jaw drops everytime I see a woman carrying things on their head, sometimes things are piled high AND she has a baby tied to her. How they do it, I don't know! I want to learn...I dont think I will be good at it though! Everyday it rains in the afternoon and we usually get stuck in the rain on the way home from town! My legs ache from walking everywhere, and all the women have gret calves because of the walking. In town there are people everywhere and I mean EVERYWHERE! you have to dodge motorcycles and bikes and people, cows, goats, chickens and children runing this way and that way. I just finished lunch of rice and potatoes and an avacado. I'm lovin; the potatoes, Phylis cooks them in a tomato sauce mmmm (for those of you who dont know, my fav food is mashed potatoes). Last night some of the children in the compound I live in came over and coloured, one boy Tyson who is from a town close to Uganda and left because of fighting drew me a car! He is so shy and would hide his face everytime I looked at him. To say thank you to Tyson for the picture I drew him a picture and gave it to him in school this morning. He was embaressed and didnt want it because the students would make fun of him and say that a white girl loves him! Today I also became the care taker of Jerry a 10 month old boy who lives next door, the neighbour (Jerry's aunt) gave him to me to watch for an hour. I sat on the from steps nd the other children came over and kept laughing at me and saying "muzungu how are you". Later tonight Phylis is going to put Sylvia's hair in braids, which I bought at a store. Now that she is done school she can wear her hair nice, so I am looking forward to seeing how the hair is done. Tomorrow is laundry day and I am nervous about how it will happen, I hope I dont look stupid for not knowing how to wash my clothes by hand.....I'm sure my mom will be proud and hopefull she will still let me come over to do laundry at her house haha! Today I also had a conversation with Phylis and Sylvia about movies and if they are real or not. Some of them they think are true stories. Also I had to tell Sylvia that high school musical is also not real......highschool musically is very popular here, a girl my age who I bough potatoes from asked me if I know the actors in highschool musical.
Until next time.......
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