It's Been Awhile...

All Apologies! I'm a terrible blogger, I know. I confess. But to be fair I have been quite the busy volunteer lately, as the pictures below will prove. I'm half way through 2nd term at school, which means half way through the first year! Wow - I've been here just over 8 months and to be honest I'm already I alittle bit worried about leaving! The word "extend" has come to mind several times in the last few weeks but of course I still have plenty of time to consider whether I'm seriously interested in that. "Cold" season is upon us - it's winter down here! Meaning that here in Lilongwe it's cold at night (jacket when outside, socks, thick blanket for sleeping) and in my village on the lakeshore I can still walk around during the day in a skirt and tank top but around 3am I wake up and pull a sheet up over my legs to stay warm. It is surely very different from winter as I've understood it for the last 27 years and I'm thrilled to say so. Y'all can keep it! The biggest news is that in just over 24 hours I'm going to be at the airport in LL picking up my SISTER! She's somewhere between SFO and Heathrow right now, and I cannot find words to express how excited I am to show her what I've been talking about since KSP in '03: Africa. Of course I'll post after her trip and add to the pictures below:

Me crying about my destroyed house (yea I'm in my house in this pic, not a landfill).... except not really crying at all.

What used to be my floor (and is now again a very nice floor).

Preparing fresh lentils from my garden. This took hours.

It's ant season!!!! Just a sampling from my bafa.