Crazy Busy Totally Awesome Day

Feb 10 am

Spaghetti Night

I was homesick so last night I cooked spaghetti with meat sauce. AH it tasted like home to me. YUMMY

Before we sat down to eat Alice was talking to a woman who lives on the property. The house in which she lives in isn’t suitable for humans but the lady has stayed even though Alice has told her the house isn’t safe. Now from what I understand the woman has been “selling” her daughters for mens entertainment. So last night Alice told the woman she has to leave. The woman told Alice she has no where else to go, and Alice said she has to leave, where it’s not her concern. I told Alice one way in which to get the lady to leave was to tear the house down. Take a tractor and bulldoze it to the ground. But I think Alice will go to the police and have them take the lady off of the land and then the house will be bulldozed. 

Later that same day.

After Alice and I got ready for our day:  We needed to go into town to pick up a few things and Alice needed to get her hair done for the wedding. Now we were going into town with Mary Muttai, but she got hung up at school and Rosalee wasn’t ready to go when we were, so Alice and I did the next best thing. We hitched a ride on motorbikes into town. For 50 bob each of us rode on the back of a motorbike down Cherangany Road. OH and NO we didn’t have helmets on or jackets.  But it was a great way to get into town quickly instead of waiting around for others to pick us up. 

Then today I had 2 marriage proposals!! Not to worry, I turned both of them down FLAT!  

We went to town to look for a basket, now it shouldn’t be difficult to find a basket, but apparently baskets aren’t a huge demand here in Kitale. It took us a while but we finally found one that suited me. We walked through an open air market, much like Saturday Market in Portland, only this one didn’t smell so nice. But it was definitely an interesting experience to say the least. I’ll never forget the tiny dried fishes laying on a mat on the ground. After the market, Alice went to get her hair done and I went as well so I could see where Alice would be, not that I really needed to see but it pleased her so I followed. After a while Rosalee and me left and went over to the GigaMart to see if they had a 3V CR2032 battery, which they didn’t. So there we walked to the GUAM Market where I knew I could get the battery. Once there I picked up 4 so I would have enough for my book like. When the power goes out I use it to get around the house, so I thought it important to have backup batteries. 

Once that was accomplished we met with Rosalee’s husband, whom I called Mr. Bishop, when in fact he’s not MR Bishop, he’s a BISHOP in the AIC church here in Kenya. Silly me.  Anyway he bought Rosalee and me lunch (Alice was still getting her hair done) While we were sitting up on the terrace a truck drove by and it had guys dress in stripped shirts and pants, black and while stripes too!! YES, prisoners being transported to somewhere to do something, and I didn’t have my camera. DARN.

Then it was time to head back towards home and to Muttai’s place.  The tents are almost all set up and we had a big ole meeting. The men were there this time as well, and they were discussing who is butchering the bull, chickens, and etc. I have no idea what was said during the meeting since it was again in Swahili and no one translated for me. But I think I got the gist of what is going on. 

After the meeting ended, I ended up talking to 7 guys. Only one of them was married.  hehe. Anyway here these guys are all single, elligable and simply adorable and here I am 52 over the hill.. RATS!! OH well it was fun talking to them. Then they escorted me up to the kitchen at school so I could meet up with Alice. It was really nice to have 6 single adorable guys walk me up to the kitchen. That has never happened to me before. Here in Kenya, it’s the right thing to do to escort a woman to a place.  Then when I got to the kitchen I couldn’t find Alice so I went back down to the tents, then Alice called me and said she was at the kitchen where I just was. UGG. So I walked back up and a young man walked with me. I tell ya, these guys are so darn nice. Well I finally found Alice and Mary Muttai and they talked for a bit and then Silas (Alice’s son) came and picked us up with the car.

Finally got home and I’m ready to hit the hay!!!