A belated Happy Valentine's Day/Single's Awareness Day/Hallmark Holiday or whatever you choose to call it! A quick blog post on how I spent the weekend, which was quite full and quite entertaining!
The weekend began on Friday evening when Beth, Mary Beth and I invited our friend Jerome over for our Friday night tradition of chips mayai (french fries and fried egg mixed together - basically Tanzanian fast food). Now Jerome is a bit of a DJ/rapper in his own right, and as Mary Beth is a classically trained singer, there was only one possible result from this combination - we had to make a song! So Jerome busted out a beat he had created, and throughout the night Jerome rapped, Mary Beth provided vocals for the chorus, and even Beth threw in some back-up vocals into the mix. As all this was being done on my computer (and as nobody should ever have to endure the sound of my singing voice), I was in charge of mixing the song and will be given co-producer credit on "My Name" along with Jerome. Apparently after playing it to some co-workers, it has been decided that we are going to edit it a bit more and then try to get it played on the local radio station. Fame and fortune in the music biz, here I come!
Saturday I woke up early to attend a cultural day with the kids from Mkombozi. After an hour delay in arriving and then a surprise two hour mass, one of the interns was feeling pretty ill so I escorted her home before the cultural activities could commence. After a relaxing afternoon, I met up with my friend Scott from England to grab a drink and watch some rugby. A few of his friends, however, had invited us to another locale and we decided to meet up with them instead. The Watering Hole, as it is called, has a large video screen set up outside to show movies. In the Valentine's Day spirit, the night's feature was the one and only Twilight. I think about an hour in Scott and I turned to each other with the simultaneous thought of "We should have picked the rugby." Either way, it was a fun night and I enjoyed sitting under the stars, relaxing, and enjoying the distraction of a movie-theater-esque night out.
Valentine's Day brought a nice community day. After a 1.5 hour run in the morning in training for my upcoming half-marathon (which based on the soreness that continues to this day, we'll see how successful I am in that goal), we spent a few hours cleaning the house and then ate a nice big brunch. Thanks to a large care package of Valentine's Day candy sent from friends in Boston (thanks guys!), we then kicked back and let ourselves drift into a sugar-induced coma while watching our Valentine's Day movie choice, Runaway Bride. That evening we stopped by the Jesuits for a bit to make calls home - complete with an amusing incident of Beth getting locked in and me needing to hop their gate to set her free - and Fr. Balige treated me to a drink at my favorite local spot called Glacier. We talked about my placement, community-life, and life in Tanzania in general while live music played in the background. Fr. Balige has become a good friend and it was the perfect way to end a full and fun weekend!
That's all for now! I hope you all had a great February the 14th weekend however you chose to celebrate. Amani na upendo!
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