Cold Hands and the What Not.

I think the cold season has finally started. Goodness, my hands kind of hurt right now. Is this from the incessant typing of the FY 2008 COP or from the cold. Both probably.
I am throwing a small soiree tonight. BaEness asked for me to put together a "discussion" for the new volunteers from Kenya. I've made it a salad-themed dinner. We will see how this goes. I think it should be a hit. Then we will all go to the ambassador's party. Dancing and Karaoke. Sounds like a good time.

Also, debating cutting my hair. I put up a discussion forum to discuss this urgent matter on facebook.

Victoria Falls Panorama

I did this in Publisher. I don't know how else to

do this.

Red-Tape Rugby

Is American Football Red-Tape Rugby? It's 30 seconds of work followed by 7 minutes of people forming various lines and reviewing what has already been done. It's also filled with safety equipment. Tons of padding to ensure that no one gets hurt. It there was a metaphor for bureaucracy using sports, I would choose American Football.

Postscript: I have a date tonight. I don't like to go on dates. I try to go on them as little as possible. I'll keep blogger posted.

Sutures, Birthday, and What What

I went to Adventure City again. This time I collided with Phillipe. My chin split open. I had to call Gilly, the PCMO and head over to Corps Med Medical Center. They stitched me up. Four sutures on my chinny-chin-chin. So I promptly shaved to a mustache and went creepy all week. Which worked out well because I was at an STI training. Nothing like looking at pictures of genital ulcers while playing with ones mustache.
Had my birthday yesterday. We went to Portico. What a pleasant restaurant. I wore my suit; it was fun. Okay I'm done typing. The big monitor close to my face is making my eyes hurt.

Village; I am

I took a road trip with Joanne Lee. It was a whole lot of fun. Minus the massive tyre problems. We drove a Toyota Corolla Ceres up to Chibwika. From Lusaka to Solwezi Joanne drove. She's a fast driver so that was good for that leg. I'm more careful, so I drove the pothole nether land that is Solwezi to Mwinilunga. It was fun. I gave the car one hell of a flat. The rim was severely bent. I fixed the flat, in nothing flat. (yes!). Plus we road on the fuel light for a good 45 minutes. That was a time of anxiety.
The village was great. I got to see Terry, Jennifer, Mevis, and all the kids. That was great. I wonder when I'll get to see all of them again? Maybe never? I don't know. I'd like to come back at some point but who knows. Life just keeps on truckin'.

Preggers!

It was bound to happen. The first of what will be many. The first of my friends to get pregnant. Holy crap. I'm entering a new phase of my life. Friends and family will start having kids and getting married. Sure, I know plenty of people that have kids. They were to young or not really friends. Usually too young. But now my friends, Laura and Bret, are having a child. Man oh man. It will not stop. This is the beginning. Everyone will be preggers. All my friends will grow up. . . and have children.
And the funny thing? I'm totally diggin' it.

Forever and a day

It seems to have been forever and a day since I last wrote here. This is typical behaviour for me. I tend to buy multiple journals but only fill up a few. Need to place it in the routine section of my brain or it is not done. Here's a little of what's happened recently:

1. Went on a date with a local. An HCN as the Peace Corps lingo goes. It was okay. It was an exceptionally odd/awkward date. Lots of silence. Shared silence is a wonderful thing when your sharing it around a fire or with people you know. Not appropriate for a date, where learning about the other person is the objective. I was on the fence on the whole thing but then she started calling me. A lot. A whole lot. So that basically was a huge turn off. That was ended.
2. Went to Adventure City. It was a waterpark with no rules. It was fun. We put as many people as possible on single rafts. It was dangerous. Chris from Tucson got hurt. He was bleeding around the eye because we flipped over and he rode on his face down the entire slide.
3. Had the flu. Missed a day and a half of work. That doesn't happen often. I don't like to call in sick. Never did it at Pesto Brothers. Never did it at Barnes & Noble. Never did it Windstone Rock Masonry. Yeah. I don't like to do it. Plus I'm never sick. But when I do, it's a doozy.
4. Everything else is boring.