t.i.a.

i realise its been about 6 weeks since i lastposted anything, i actually am still alive, though only barely.

since 'this is africa' i doubt im ever gonna be able to get pictures up on this while im here. every internet cafe we find is dial up and i already have about 300 pitures so there's no hope. might try and send a disc home though. so sorrrrry but its pretty impossible to get pictures up.


ANYWAY, i'm still doing alright here in dedza [though im currently in lilongwe renewing my visa]. iv literally had about every disease i could get: a blister bug that was living in my sleeping bag. it bites you and that causes blisters which, when they burst, spread and make more blisters. also got bitten by bed bugs on my first few nights at the HOTEL which were really horrifically painful. then i got an eye infection. followed by some bites on my hand that have made it all swollen. and along the way iv had a sore stomach the entire time from all the carbs we have to eat here. but im a tank and iv survived it all.

our watchman, peter [a.k.a. petey, my future husband.] had to be fired the other day. he's a funny guy and has always seemed drunk, but took the biscuit the other day when he came to the house at midday, wrecked out his face and lying in our doorway asking for money. later on he was rolling in rubbish so me and george had to take him home. he came back 2 hours later to do his 'watchman duties'. so he got fired and my little heart is now broken. i made him a card though, with all his favourite things on [a machete, his cup, some sobo which is like orange juice, a pancake and a smelly rabies dog that he likes throwing stones at]. arthur made him a card too that said 'sorry you got pissed and we had to fire you' but we gave him my card instead...



schools going fine, im a rubbish teacher and mostly just make them draw. though the other day we got them all to dance and sing, most insane thing iv ever seen. they're so so confident.

we're in lilongwe for the weekend to renew our visas, and went out last night for jenni's [the former AV who was here building a library] leaving night. we got a 40 minute taxi to a club that was closed, like to mention the the taxi door was being held on by one of the guys, and i was sitting on the inside engine. then 18 of us were shoved in a CAR that broke down every 2 seconds, until we got to a police block. we slowly rolled backwards away from the police block and got out the car, only to have the policeman come over and ask if we'd all been in that car 2 seconds before. we were like "...no" the car then abandoned us in the middle of nowhere [in a prime raping spot] but luckily we caught a bus.
when we got back to the hotel we met a dutch jesus. most insane night of my life.


even i cant handle reading long shpeels of writing so im gonna stop now. and HOPEFULLY i'll be able to send pictures home soon to be put up.
away to get my eyebrows waxed [SERIOUSLY! IN MALAWI.] and then try and scout out a twix in shoprite, iv only ever found twixes in zomba which is 6 hours away from dedza :[ and the one i bought got stolen.
i'll try and update more, sorry for lack of pictures!