This morning was a little sad – no power, which meant no shower and no coffee. The shower thing was fine, but not having coffee is a bit of a problem for me, so I ran over to Dave and Dee’s house and microwaved some water quick.
Tutoring went well. I had Given, Obey, Daliso, and Gertrude. Daliso and Gertrude liked all the worksheets I had for them – there were some synonyms/antonyms sheets, a five senses worksheet, and then for fun, a word search at the end.
Regina again was the only one to show up for English today. I’m not sure why, but I think some of the ladies were at work or doing other chores. We had fun playing Bananagrams for about a half an hour and then I grabbed a reading comprehension worksheet on Venus. Regina loved reading about the planet and asked us to get her more information on the solar system, clouds, and anything else we could find.
We ventured into town to run some errands. The minibus ride there was amazing – we were on a huge, spacious bus (well, compared to what we’re used to) and the driver made hardly any stops. We even paid a little less than we normally do. We ran our errands, got an ice cream cone, and then hopped back on a minibus, thinking that it was going way too smoothly and something was bound to go wrong. It did, of course. We got on the wrong bus. The callboy was advertising for Kaunda Square, which is on the way to Chelston. I thought Rachel asked him if the bus was going all the way to Chelston, and she thought he had yelled it, and in the rush of getting a good seat we just hopped on without checking. When the bus turned left at a round-about instead of going straight through it like it normally does, Rachel said we should get off and get a bus going back. I was kind of curious about where the bus was going to end up and I didn’t really want to get off on this little dirt road with not much minibus traffic on it, so I convinced her to stay on a little longer. We got further and further into Kaunda Square, which definitely shows more of typical African life – lots of small houses, rundown buildings, and very poor roads. The relaxed, wait-and-see-what-happens attitude is definitely becoming the norm for me, and I just smiled and enjoyed the ride while Rachel was trying to figure out where we were going and ending up. I kept thinking that maybe the bus would end up by Chelston, but soon it turned into a tiny little lot full of taxis and other minibuses and we realized this was the farthest the buses go. We asked the bus driver how we could get to Chelston, but then a man came up offering a taxi ride. We negotiated a very reasonable price from the nice-looking driver and hopped in his car for a safe, quick ride back home.
The power went off right after we ate dinner. Twice in a day – that’s unusual, but it wasn’t too big of a deal. It came on after about an hour. We had a relaxing evening, mostly spent playing on our computers.
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