Beam me home Scotty!

If only! I have decided that while I love to travel, I hate airplanes. Hate is a strong word, but it applies. I am not afraid to fly - in fact it is pretty cool. I just hate planes. It took us two days to get to Rwanda - three flights - and more than 20 hours to get home, also three flights but with less layovers, to get home. If only transporters like the ones in Star Trek really existed. Than I could go to Africa and back when ever I wanted!

Anyway, despite the neverending trip, I am home safe and sound. Rwanda was amazing. It is such a beautiful country with such amazing people. I loved being there and really I didn't want to come home. The trip was affirming, challenging, fun, sad, hard, comfortable. So many different conflicting but complimentary things. We saw and experienced so many things and I have only been home two hours so I don't think I can describe much of it yet. Pam already came over for a walk so we could chat more because we're both still processing. When I have things sorted out I will tell more, but for now I am home.

On the road again!

I can't stay in this country for a whole year! I arrived home last year on June 1st. I am leaving on May 31st.... I guess I must have ichy feet or something.

So here we go. I leave for the airport in one hour and twenty minutes. It still hasn't really set in that I'm leaving for three weeks. I will try to post if we get access to internet, but otherwise I'll be radio silent for the duration. I'll have lots of stories and pictures when I get back, so stay tuned!

RWANDA IN FOUR DAYS!!!

... well actually Germay is in four days. We don't actually get to Rwanda until saturday. But it is very exciting! I am mostly sort of packed - all my things are spread out on the bed in the spare room. We have plane tickets and it is all really happening! I am still not compelety at the place where I am ready to be going- my head is in a different place, but I'm sure it will be in the right place by the time I get to the airport on thursday. So, it has been a little while since my past post because my internet has been wonky. Heh, good preperation for Africa! :) Anyway, since my last post I cut my hair. People keep assuring me that it is still long but really, how can it be long after I got 7 inches cut off?! In my head I know that it is still long - just below my shoulders, but it is a big difference to me.
Also, I have applied for a real job. It makes me nervous to talk about but I sent in my application for an internship with World Vision. Keep that in your prayers when you think of it please! There is alot going on around here, so even if I don't get the job I think I will be content, but it would be a great thing to have a job that PAID, that is in my field.

I will try to post more before I leave. Four days! Crazy!!!!

Domestic Goddess Part II

I am so proud of my domestic prowess today. I worked at Zehrs this morning with Steph which was happy because we rarely work together, and we hardly ever see each other which is sad since we live only a few kms apart. Then I came home and put in a load of laundry. I started a batch of bread while the nice new washing machine cleaned my clothes. Then I went out to dig up my garden while the bread was rising and clothes were drying. The place where my new garden is was under patio stones and before that was lawn so the dirt is very packed in. I turned it, added peat moss and turned it all again. Inbetween the turnings I came inside, put in a second load of laundry, punched and divided my bread and did some dishes. I am the queen of multi-tasking! Now the bread is in the oven, the clothes are on the line outside and tomorrow my garden will get covered in top soil and I will find a fence to keep the mutato bunnies out.