Things I did this week

in no particular order:

• Made banana cake
• Hugged a lot of my kids
• Saw an AWESOME sunset

• Cleaned out my pantry
• Ate a LOT of ugali
• Paid for a kid to go to the hospital to have his tooth extracted
• Gave pain meds to a lot of other kids with tooth issues
• Explained to some of my kids about my eight years of orthodontia
• Gave two math quizzes and one physics quiz; drew a heart on the board at the end of the Form 3 math quiz and wrote inside "Sarah loves you," and received these little notes in return from my Form 3's:
• "Sarah I love you true but because maths easy why? If you want hard happy can Sarah Love!!!" - Omari
• "Thank you Madam, you are special principal at P.S.S.D. Te amo come over!" - Emmanuel
• "I am Sarah I love you!" - Lilian
• "Mina is my name by nature. My native language is Chinese." - Amina
• "Sarah loves you and all student!" - Jumaa
• "Lucy is cry because love about sorry. Obama I love you." - Lucy
• "We are fine me will you wave thank you." - Kache
• "Sarah loves you teach Catherine Moshombo maths Amen." - Catherine
• And also this little nugget (turn up your volume):

• Finished two books
• Co-hosted our Fall Extravaganza/Mark's 50th birthday, complete with roasted chickens, sweet potatoes, pumpkin cous cous, stuffing, autumn spice cake, and fudge. 
• Caught a snake in the house that the cats were going to eat
• Showed Spiderman 3 to the kiddos, which they LOVED
• Thought more about what to do with my life post-Peace Corps. (Neurophys + deaf kids = Audiology school?)
• Told my kids I love them
• Told my cats I love them
• Set up the new (and still empty) girls' dorms for the Form 4's' K.C.S.E. on Monday
• Found out who the new volunteer moving into my house and teaching at primary is! Ack!
• Met with some new guys from the U.S. Navy about the finishing touches on the new toilets
• Got in a fight with my kids about the boys using the new girls' toilets to take showers in the middle of the night
• Met with the Kenya Ports Authority people (the ones who funded the building of the new girls' dorm, about an official opening and tree-planting ceremony
• Thought about how much I'm gonna miss Kilifi
• Went to Mombasa to pick up the three new volunteers being placed on the coast, who are coming now for their 'shadow week' at a deaf school. They're pretty great. 

I'm sure I did more but it must not have been too exciting. 

Love and hugs,

Shub :)