A day in the life of Transition

Wednesday the 29^th day of February 2012
Here is what our day was like:

8:00 am We left the house.  But first we loaded our washing machine into the truck to take it to the house so the electrician and plumber could do what was needed to hook it up.

8:15 dropped the kids off at school

8:20 stopped at the duka la umeme (electrical store) for supplies

Nikki holding Spot

8:30 went to the house

8:40 let the puppies out, gave money to the mama working at our place to buy milk for the puppies. Fed the puppies the remaining milk left over from yesterday.

9:15 I went into town to do some shopping. Exchanged 4 empty soda bottles for 4 full ones of Fanta Blackcurrent for Luke. When we bought a crate of soda last week they didn’t have his flavor so I took some of our empty ones to get full ones. It is cheaper if you return the empty bottles.

Nikki named Spot and Luke named Charger

Asked around to find the stationary store. Had a lady from a duka I frequent show me the way.  Bought veggies from several stands at the market. I had wanted to buy plates for our house but the one duka was closed and the other one had no shopkeeper.

Once I did all my shopping I went to the ATM for cash. Waited in line for a bit and once I was done and had gotten into the truck, the guy in line before me came to the truck and wanted my phone number. (I didn’t give it to him)

10:30 – back at the house

10:50 – Both Keith and I next went to the Wycliffe office to talk to a couple people.

12:15 – back at the house, tried to find out when the mama was going to make the food for the puppies. She was still out buying supplies but soon returned.

12:45 – I left for home. Was going to make a pizza crust for supper, but the power went out soon after 1 and didn’t come back on until 2. Since I had to leave at 2:45 to pick up the kids there was no time to make the pizza crust.

2:45 – left to get the kids, bought more electrical supplies and went to the house.

4:45 – left the house and watched for milk being sold along the street for the puppies. Saw a biker with buckets on his bicycle but he had no more milk. As we entered town we saw milk alongside the street so we stopped and bought 2 bottles.

5:10 – got home and decided it was still early enough to make pizza. The kids had a snack and then went off to play. Made guacamole while the dough was rising for Keith and I to snack on and enjoy with our homemade tortilla chips.

6:45 finished supper, Nikki did homework and then shower time.

8:45 the kids were off to bed. A little later than normal. Keith and I were trying to figure out how to say some stuff in Swahili that we needed for the next day.

After the kids were in bed I chilled a bit by reading a book and Keith found a Swahili/English app for his phone that he was playing with.

I’ve included some pictures of our puppies for those that are not on FB.

--Chris