Tuesday, August 3.

12:30 p.m.

Some good things about today:

1. One of the troublemaker kids at Kiwodea actually listened to me. Kiddo got a big ol' High Five and a "Nzuri sana!"

2. Rusty (the seamstress at Kiwodea) is almost done with Dress #1--just some sizing adjustments. And she's already half done with Dress #2. Hooray for pretty clothes and sustainable economic enterprises!

3. Found jalepeno-flavored Pringles at the Highway Supermarket. Yes!!!

4. On the way home, I met a Tanzanian man whose normal voice sounds exactly like if Louis Armstrong spoke Swahili. "What a wonderful world, asante sana bwana."

5. I just took a hot shower. It was my first hot shower in 6 days.

6. Tonight we eat, drink, dance and celebrate!

Some not-so-good things about today:

1. Teacher Joyce still loves to use her cane. Sometimes I think she's being mean to the kids just because she can.

2. First Africa-related injury this afternoon. On the walk home, I stepped on a twig. Two seconds later, something stabbed me in the foot. Turns out it was a big thorn. Through the sole of my shoe. Into my foot.

3. No matter how much or how hard I scrub them, my feet seem to have a permanent coat of dirt on them. It looks like I have weird tan lines, but it's not tan. It's dirt. And it won't come off.

4. Some new, good friends are leaving on Saturday.