I almost forgot...

That this was Nairobi, and not my home. I had gotten into such a routine here, knowing how to get almost anywhere, running into people on the streets, working with familiar faces. But then yesterday happened. I forgot that it can get overwhelming here at points.

I went to Sarakasi in the morning before the Hospital Project had their staff meeting to say hello to anyone I hadn't seen since I have been back, and invited them to a BBQ we (AU) is having this weekend. It was nice to see everyone and to wander around the Dome and run into some of the dancers and other people I hadn't seen in a few weeks.

I then came home did some house/home work then headed back to Sarakasi to meet with James, I ended up watching some of the acrobats for a while. Then met with James and this couple from the UK who are putting on a show here. They're basically a traveling circus. And I'm going to help out with the show they're putting on next week! well with feeding the participants really.

After that we took a very extremely long matatu ride to the Kivuli center, where I will be helping out with a class one day a week for my internship. It's beautiful plopped right in the center of a slum neighborhood with a lot of people. I then observed a class, and helped out kidogo, just so I would know what I was working with next week. We then took THREE different matatus home, but it was much faster, although James got into a fight with the conductor because he raised the price because I was white, and James "doesn't like when they take advantage of people" so that was slightly uncomfortable while I was in a place I wasn't familiar with and people were yelling in fast Kiswahili so I didn't understand most of it.

But I finally made it home and chatted with my roomies for a bit, actually one of them, Yuli, is helping me with my hair! here's an updated pic:

I've been working a lot with networking on my IS (independent study), so off i go. This weekend (as usual) is crazy busy. So lets get started.

Don't forget to smile today!