Today I played a little Suzie homemaker with washing clothes and using the jiko. For breakfast, I made peanut butter pancakes (as if I don’t eat enough peanut butter anyway). Our cookbook said that you can make jam by boiling down the meat of a watermelon – no sugar needed. I tried this after deseeding the meat but I think it would work a lot better if the fruit is ripe (i.e. red meat not light pink). Then I made Baylor’s bread which contains vegetables. It smelled great but tasted like it was missing something (maybe a longer rise lol).
However, Uma made great bread and gave me a couple of pieces when I met up to walk with her towards Endasak this afternoon. She was meeting up with Dana (PCV Environment in Endashwold?) and we met her and Kristen (PCV Education in Endasak) on the road. For Peace Corps, we are stacked on top of one another. Uma and I are a 25 minute walk from one another and Kristen and Dana are just as close to one another. From my house, Kristen is only about a 1.5 hr walk and Dana is on the way. Beyond them is Lauren (Environment), another few km down the main road, and Duncan (Env) is a little further on still (towards Babati, not Katesh). In the other direction from my site (away from main rd), Megan (Health) is a little over an hr in Barjomot. The other 2 in Hanang District are Justin (Health) in Katesh and Charlotte (Ed) way over on the other side of the mountain.
Tonight I saw my kitty shimmy up the open edge of wall between my choo area and the rest of the courtyard. He’s still little so I didn’t know if he’d be able to get down on his own but he wouldn’t come to my outstretched hands; eventually he found a way down. I’m also excited to have seen my first meteor (aka shooting star) tonight. I wonder if I’ll be able to see more here than in the States with a clearer sky…
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