Im beginning to sense a bit of a pattern here. Its another cold, damp wednesday. Now just yesterday it was really hot and sunny. I even got the worst sun burn of my life (which is not saying much because this is only my fourth burn ever.) Today though it feels like October back home in Rochester and this weather is supposed to continue on through Monday which really puts a damper (no pun intended) on things because Friday we are going to Durban for a beach weekend.

So monday at work I got to lead games with the kids. First I tried to teach them capture the flag which was my favorite game when I was younger. We played several rounds and it looked nothing like capture the flag; infact, it was much more like rugby. I would say it was unsuccessful except the kids were really enjoying it until they started an arguement over who had captured the flag at which point we decided it was time to play a different game. I taught them another childhood favorite, 7 up. We had to play nine up though because two girls insisted that I had chosen them to be part of the original 7 and rather than fight with them, we let them stay up. It was fine anyway because we were playing with so many kids. They really loved it. I think they played it for a good half hour before they tired. Monday night we had to walk to the grocery store because one of our drivers is sick and the other has a sprained ancle. So the four healthy people carried a weeks worth of groceries home. Then we had a really late dinner but that was ok because it turns out that there is a really good pizza place we can order from.

Now tuesday was the most exhausting day yet for me. There was a very energetic 8 year old boy waiting for me at the drop in center who had stayed home sick from school with some stomach bug. But you could have fooled me about him being sick. He wanted to run around out back with having competitions between the two of us in any sport he could think of. Then he came with us on our school visit during which I ended up keeping him busy while the others spoke with a teacher. He very proudly lead me around the school by the arm displaying his "white monkey." (I had stepped on a crap in the side walk on the way to the school and so that made me a monkey.) The rest of the day continued like this until the other kids started showing up. I got to enjoy some sugar cane from the field across the street that the kids had gotten after school. A couple of the boys are starting to warm up to me so I'm beginning to feel more positive. It seems like only a matter of time until the rest of them do as well. The interns at Haniville are really starting to annoy me though because it seems like all they do is tease the kids. Last time I checked we were supposed to be there for their support. Oh well, they will be gone in a month (the interns that is).

Now today was freezing cold and very quiet. We only had twenty kids and they didn't even stay an hour. Still I feel tired from the day. I'll be on my way home finally in a couple minutes though and I am really looking forward to relaxing the rest of the evening. Tomorrow we have shop, clean and pack for our beach weekend.

Oh, so thoughs of you know me well will really find this amuzing but it seems that we are developing a bit of a roach problem in our house. A couple weekends ago we had these weird looking bugs in our bathroom that had come in from outside that I thought were roaches at first but it turns out they weren't. A couple days ago however, I saw what was actually a roach in the bathroom. No one believed me that it was there or that it was a roach. Last night however we are all sitting in the living room. Aerin goes into her room and then yells, Cullen get in here and bring a shoe with you. I ask why and she says there is a big bug in here on the floor. I go in there and don't you know there is a roaching chillin out in the middle of the floor. Well I was in bare feet and the thing starts running around so I did what any self respecting male in a house full of women would do... scream. The others all come running and croud into the door to see the roach. Now you can't squish a roach because if you get unlucky and squish a female carrying eggs, well you just multiplied the problem by a thousand. Luckily Mayo was quick thinking and grabbed a glass and some paper to catch the thing. She wasn't quick enough though because it disappeared under the bed. We spent ten minutes searching but turned up nothing. So now I am very paranoid to go to sleep at night.

Anyway, that is all I've got for now. It could be a week till my next post but please leave comments in the mean time. I really like reading them and I only got two the last time.

Peace