Well fancy seeing you here. Thanks again for taking time out
to read my blog… I know it is not always the most exciting literature, and that
most of the time I ramble on about absolutely nothing - so the time and
dedication you put into reading this is appreciated.
The weekend passed quickly! Friday night, I spent relaxing
at home with the dog and a good movie. The original plan was to travel north to
Inharrime to welcome Julia (the new moz 20 volunteer) to the family, but
unfortunately her car departed from Maputo rather late. So plans have been
postponed.
Saturday morning, I had big plans to sleep in, and have
brunch with myself. . . .and then my darn internal clock got me up at 530am
like always. Sucks. I decided to be productive that morning, and did all of my
laundry, my dishes, cleaned my house, and gave myself a manicure and pedicure…
stopping to have brunch of eggs and pancakes along the way. Yummo.
Saturday afternoon, I ventured down to Chidenguele to
celebrate in a combined birthday party of Yuri and his roommate! It was full
blown Moz traditions for the birthday celebration, the cutting of cake, singing
of songs, dancing, and lots of good food. Celebrating birthdays is done with
gusto here- and we did just that. That evening it POURED rain, so I woke up in
a lovely puddle. The water, having seeped through the edges of the tent and
then my sleeping bag was cold and uncomfortable, especially for someone dealing
with a “slight” headache. Sigh…. I will not miss sleeping on the ground in
Mozambique.
Sunday I spent the morning at home, alternating between
napping and watching movies, awaiting the arrival of my friend Alexis. She
lives in Niassa province, and I hadn’t seen her since November at our Reconnect
conference for Peace Corps. She is doing a massive “southern adventure” of
Mozambique, and is heading to South Africa this evening. We spent the night
catching up over dinner, watching a movie, and just hanging out. It was so
lovely to spend some one on one time with her, and I am really looking forward
to seeing her in a week’s time. It sucks being so far away from her, and some
other volunteers in the North who are just such lovely people.
On tap this week – organizing things for the festival in two
weekends, preparing for mid-service conference, and the normal work meetings in
any week. I am going to head to Inharrime this morning with CCS to present
Julia to the team/the hospital there. I haven’t been to Inharrime since Jasmin
left, so it will be a bit strange. I am also taking some things for the modista
(seamstress) to fix/make for me. Time to expand my capulana wardrobe! Tuesday I head to Inhambane for our official CCS welcome meeting. Working on getting things together for this partnership between CCS and Acomuza!
That is all for now.
Short post just saying hi, recapping my weekend, and letting
you all know that ‘its all good’ in Moz.
xo
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