When Gil and I volunteered to be Student Council advisors last year, I didn’t realize that actually my job description would be Event Coordinator.
But since Student Council plans most of the social events of the school year, and the buck stops with me, well…..I become Event Coordinator. With the help my very creative husband and a group of motivated students who take on lots of responsibility, of course. It’s a blast, but it sure stresses me out!
Last Friday night was our crowning achievement of the year: The All-School Talent Show. And oh yes….we had it all: the lights, the fog machine, the beautiful hostesses arriving to the stage on motorcycles covered with glow sticks.
I was incredibly proud of my team, and the 15 groups of students who sang, danced, and acted their hearts out. And even though there was some Justin Bieber thrown in there, I would say that it was a sensational evening.
Some of the judges
Randra and Samael, my beautiful vice-president and president and our hosts!
Our winners!
Stuck in traffic?
Thirsty? Needing a cell phone cover, a steering wheel cover or some dish cloths? Some roasted cashew nuts or perhaps some fried termites?
Well, here in Tanzania we have customer service that allows you to shop from the comfort of your own car!
(Unfortunately, I didn’t get a picture of the guy selling large pruning shears. I was afraid of what he would do to me if he saw me taking his picture.)
This one may not be that significant for those who have never been to Dar es Salaam, but for those of you who have, you understand how miraculous it is that New Bagamoyo is finally being doubled: from Mwenge to Tegeta. It’s true….it’s finally happening.
The new road is to the right….can you see it?
So.
I expect to see comments of Hongera…..because yes, this is exciting. Or rather, it will be, one day, when it is finished.
And Pole Sana….because yes, our driving lives are as miserable as you would imagine them to be, as we go through six detours and dodge heavy equipment every day.
These days, this is my favorite household product:
Not only does it kill these, which are our constant companions almost every day of the year,
But it also kills these, which like to jump out of the kitchen cabinets at me.
And most recently, it’s very useful for killing these:
Yes, they are definitely as bad as they look.
And the night before last, Sam woke me up at 4 in the morning because one had just stung her in her bed.
*shiver*
*double shiver*
You got that right.
It stung her through her shirt, so it wasn’t worse than a bee sting. But it was in her bed! I got my can of Doom and we searched the room for 20 minutes but couldn’t find it, so finally she just slept the rest of the night in my room. Twice I’ve found them in my kids’ beds….thankfully the kids weren’t in them at the time.
And this morning, there was one under Grace’s backpack.
And that’s why Doom is my favorite product.
For now and all eternity.
(Pictures of bugs are not to scale. Mosquitoes are, well, mosquito-sized. Cockroaches are two inches long, and centipedes are 4-5 inches long. *shiver*)
