Brief Update

Classes are over!  And I never have to teach class one again.  Tests start next week.

Today was a sports day in which the handicapped students played games.  It was not as interesting as I thought it would be, and as always, I turned out to be the main attraction for the visitors.  At the end they organized an assembly where some of teachers from the attending schools sat in front.  I hid in the back and snuck out feeling that they would ask the me to make a speech.  I don’t see why I should have to say anything when I had absolutely nothing to do with the activities of the day.  But I am the town mzungu, so I’m kind of a big deal.

Tomorrow I am going on a safari at Meru National Park.  I am very excited but a little worried that the dry conditions may hamper the trip.  It is very dry and the air is dusty.  The school has run out of water on numerous occasions in the past few weeks.  We need rain.  I’m told the rainy season starts any day now and once it starts, it does not stop for a long time.

Also, I’m planning on writing a lot in the next few weeks before I head to Nairobi for additional training.  There has been a lot of things on my mind lately.

This is when I made a trip to Thomson Fall’s a few weeks ago: