I hope you all enjoyed the pictures in the last post! I wish I had more to share; Mal said she's been taking a lot of pictures, but just hasn't had the computer or internet access to upload them. So, prepare for many picture updates when Mal returns in a little over two weeks!
If you recall, I mentioned a story about Alfred the rat in the last post. Well, I am pleased to inform you that Alfred met his maker soon after my last posting. Unfortunately, Alfred breathed his last breath in Mallory's UNDERWEAR DRAWER!!! Mal sent me a text message to my phone and it said (direct quote) "I found Alfred dead in my drawer and all of my clothes REEK now. Sick nasty doesn't even begin to describe my feelings. I am so skeeved out. Upside is that he is dead!" Apparently Alfred bit his way through the back of the drawer and then probably suffocated in the African heat... then layed there for hours until Mal discovered him late that night. GROSS! Someone kindly removed Alfred from his resting place and Mal has since washed all of her clothes, and refrained from opening the drawer again.
As it is Friday today, Mal has finished her second week of school... she is halfway done! Most of her days are kind of the same, but she wanted me to tell you of some new "friends" she has made.
Apparently there are a couple of teachers at the school who live in the school's compound, and as a result, their kids (who are too young to be in class yet) just kind of run free while school is in session. Well, the kids discovered Mallory and Deepa a couple of days ago, and they are FASCINATED. They haven't seen anyone who's white (or Indian, for that matter) before and they just LOVE them. Mal has started referring to the kids (who range in age from 1-4 years old) as "the ducklings" because the kids just follow Mal wherever she goes. Today a couple of Mal's friends from the program at Vandy were able to come to the school, and they played with the "ducklings" while Mal and Deepa were teaching. She said it was SO cute because Mal's friends were running around and about 30 seconds after they would pass, all the ducklings would come toddling behind them. Adorable!
This weekend Mal is kind of laying low... she's going to the mall again, and I think her group is going to see a performance at Uganda's National Theatre tomorrow evening. She's really excited! On Tuesday she's also going back to the mall to see Angels and Demons. Who knew that they have first-run movies in Uganda!? That's weird because it often takes months for movies to come to continental Europe... Mal's excited for a little taste of home, though, being able to see Tom Hanks on the big screen!
That's all for now! Thanks for checking up on Mal!
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i love little kids! im working at the child development center here at school and some of the kids are so attached to me and follow me around and its the most precious thing. :)
ReplyDeletealso, we had a bunch of dead rats in my basement. i found one in the blanket i was about to use. it tumbled out. the basement smelled awful. it was traumatic, so i sympathize!