Only in Africa would I...
- Remove an acrylic nail with dentil floss
- Take baby wipe "baths" for over a week straight
- Make my own yogurt, tortillas, bagels, and hummus, among other things
- Paint my nails regularly in an effort to hide the dirt
- Go for a month without electricity...and water...with a newborn!
- Eat mangos 3 meals a day without shame
- Pay 20 birr ($1) to have my house swept and moped
- Haul water and live in a mud house
- Be living 7 years behind people in the US, and yet remain 7 hours ahead of them
- Draw excessive attention while simply living my life--occasionally it feels like I am an animal at the zoo
- See a child and think, "Hasn't he thrown a rock at me before?"
- Embrace a life of such simplicity and fine such pure joy and happiness in it!
This is my life. Some days are tough. Others are purely draining. I'd be lying if I said some days weren't. However, each day brings about its own rewards and beautiful moments. From time to time I even have to pinch myself to be sure this life is real: living my dream, the one that brought me to Africa!
