The bloodsuckers have sent a scout…

Daily mass is at ~06:45 so I will not be able to go when school is in session but it’s a good time to help me adjust to getting up early. Also, I still needed to meet the parish priest. I left my house just before sunrise (~06:20) and Kristen is right – very few people are out this early. It was a peaceful walk as the sun rose and people started their day. There are actually 2 parish priests here, which I learned today as they both said mass and I finally met them afterward. They both speak good English and one studied in England so it was enjoyable chatting with them over breakfast because it is much less awkward when I can communicate. One priest (Boniface) has started a computer lab in the old kindergarten classroom. When the government assumed responsibility for all kindergarten education, they had a room and a teacher with no job. The young woman now teacher computer courses to the locals so she still has a job and they can learn a valuable skill. The lab has one CPU connected to 5 monitors and another CPU is on the way to connect to the remaining 5 monitors. There is even a nice all-in-one (printer/scanner/copier) connected. It’s a pretty sweet set-up, especially for here, and rather unusual to have this far off the beaten path.

Speaking of computers, I finally got back in the computer room at school but my free 8GB had expired (likely yesterday when I was supposed to be able to get in). I had to type something for my mkuu but was able to get some of my own stuff done too.

Tonight I saw/heard my first mosquito at site. I hope this doesn’t become commonplace. Come on global cooling! Ok, technically I only need microscale cooling but I’m certainly not for global warming.