"I like your Shit"

This morning I woke up and went for a 2 hr walk in the rain before Petra woke up. I love rain and it was nice and cool and raining lightly so it was perfect for a walk. I needed some time alone too. After being with only one person this whole time you can get tired of the same stories over and over again since we’ve run out of new things to talk about.

Auntie Joe almost didn’t let me go since it was raining. She said I would catch a chill. I went anyway.

Everyone was freezing cold and huddled in their blankets and jackets from the rain. Most of their shops weren’t open and people thought it was just the strangest thing that I would walk in the rain without somewhere specific to go.

I was proposed to 3 times, saying that it was good that I exercised, even in the rain and that they will marry me.

Enter Isaac, my kight and shining armor...or just the guy who carried an umbrella over my head for over 20 minutes of my walk, just because he wanted to...nice guy. Haha.

As I walked up the hill to go back to Auntie Jo’s, there was a guy peeing on the side of the road. That got me thinking about how dirty all the washed up liquid coming down the street was and I wished I hadn’t worn my flipflops. Yuck.

It was cool all day, thank the Lord. Oh my goodness I needed a break from the heat. I have seriously been dying for about 3 weeks now and I should have ran out of anything to sweat out LONG ago. I welcomed the cool weather while everyone else huddled in their houses. Petra threw on pants and a sweater.

We had class this afternoon. Not too many women showed up. Maybe it was because of the rain? Maybe it was just coincidence? It was kind of nice to have a smaller class for the day though. Anita brought Kate and her son as well who we had never met before. Kate is quite the charmer and she held my hand for most of the lesson today.

They learnt the different sounds that “sh” and “ch” and “th” make. They can NOT say the “th” sound. It makes “tooth and teeth” into “toof and teef” and they say “da dog crossed da street” instead of “the dog crossed the street.” It’s hilarious. They also can’t say “shirt” but instead they say “shit.” That one had me laughing for a while.

Then Auntie Julie’s phone went off in the middle of class. Her ring tone is an organ playing a church song and for some reason today that just made me giggle like crazy and I could NOT pull it back together. I was laughing at the phone, the women started laughing at me and then Kate started laughing just because she saw everyone laughing. It was pretty funny.

Carrying my Water

I walked to class with my water on my head. Pretttttty talented now, I’d say.