I kept thinking today that every minute Joel and Chris were getting farther and farther away from me...I guess by now they are in Lusaka, and they'll be flying out tomorrow night.
Today I had to attempt not being so forlorn and actually get back into normal life. Since it is still term break things are a little different, and it is still easy to keep busy, only in different ways.
For the last couple of weeks I've been in charge of several animals around station (as their owners have been gone), as well as kitchen duties such as setting out trays of food for the watchmen, putting away eggs, freezing extra milk, and once a week doing the veggie buying from some local ladies.
So here's how today went down. I began my day feeding four dogs, four cats, one watchman, and myself. Then I went up to the kitchen again to buy veggies from a few Zambian ladies. I felt a lot more comfortable with it this week than last week, as this week I knew what I needed to buy, how much money it would cost, what the words were in Lunda for the veggies, how to use the scale, and who the ladies selling them were. I also sold some eggs to another man who, I have gathered, seems to come every Monday morning to buy a dozen eggs.
After that I went to the boys' chalet to take the sheets off the beds, gather up towels and washcloths for washing, as well as anything else that they left behind. Actually, they did well and only left behind stuff that they were supposed to. Somewhere in that time I had to lend out some keys to a workman, and pass on a message about chicken feed, and wash my hair.
Next I attempted to catch up on emails, and then drove Yolanda, and Anna to Ikelenge to get mail and buy a few groceries. Soon after that it was time to make dinner!
When the boys were here we kept busy with a healthy mixture of work projects, cooking, dishes, and fun activities, but today I guess was a bit more normal, and I guess I'm getting back into the swing of things.
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