Sea, sand and sun

after working hard all last weekend training teachers, Ken, Sean and I decided to take a day off. Sean has a friend with a taxi who has taken us befo9re. Unfortunately the nice car he used to have was taken back by the lady he leased it from and noiw he has an old wreck. We were on our way to t he supermarket to stock up on wine for the trip when the clutch cable broke. Luckily w also had Sian with us who used to volunteer here and now lives and works nearby. she phoned her taxi persona and he came and piked us up. We did not g9o as far as river number 2,our ideal destination but went to Franco's which is a resort a bit closer. Sian and I had a swim and we all had the barracuda fillet and chips with plenty of wine. It was a really relaxing day.

Yesterday was really hot and airless. I went up to the primary school I support. It was very hot and sticky. Thern I took a boneshaking taxi into Lumley to collect my photocopying and do a bit of shopping and then taught a practical chemistry lesson to the exam class. Then I fell asleep.

It was very windy today which was refreshing. My fan has broken but we have had no electricity for over 24 hours anyway. They may be load shedding or there may be a break in the line. Who knows? we just wait until it comes back and use the generator in the evenings.

Today was a quieter day. I was cutting and sorting out lots of cards I made of high frequency words to send out to all the womens projects. On Monday it is sex education day so Ken and I are going to write the questions for the quiz afterwards.

In the last week I have treated people for malaria, patched up a boy who fell on the concrete and took great chunks out of his knee and hand and gave antibiotics for a tooth abscess.

One needs to be versatile but I sit outside my room and watch the sun rise most mornings over the hills and that makes it all worthwhile. and of course, the sun and the occasoal sea and sand helps a lot. Am going to fry some rice with an egg for my tea.

will write next week,
Pat