I didn't sleep well at all last night. I think I had a fever and I woke up in the middle of the night freezing and aching all over. I was so congested I could hardly breathe and my sinuses felt like they were going to explode. After putting on my sweatshirt, drinking some water, and using a cough drop, I was able to fall asleep. I have not been that miserable in a long time. When morning finally came, I woke up sweaty and sore, but feeling a lot better. I'm still congested and coughing, but I'm feeling ok. I don't know where I picked up this bug, but I really want it to go away. But anyway, when I did get up this morning, breakfast was on the table! Toast, eggs, oatmeal ("Jungle Oats",) and fresh fruit. Good stuff!
We went over to the crisis nursery after breakfast. It's run by the Hellers, a couple from the States. Mrs. Heller is from New York, extremely organized, painfully blunt, and completely a Type A personality. She runs the nursery really well, but it can grow tiresome to be around her for very long.
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| Standing outside the Mzuzu Crisis Nursery (picture by Jenna) |
Jayme and I were forbidden to play with the babies because we have colds, so we went with Danielle, Mike, and Augustine to a local football (soccer) game. The match was between the Blantyre Bullets and the Mzuzu Jukebox. It cost a whole K100 (approximately $0.50) to get in. It was a lot of fun! I think it's cool that my first soccer game to ever attend was in Africa. I also got to blow a vuvuzela. I'm a natural. :) I tell you what, there are some hardcore fans inside that football stadium. The Blantyre Bullets' colors are red and white, and their fans wore anything and everything they owned that was red and white. We saw people in Santa hats, "Cat in the Hat" hats, Canadian flags, pirate shirts, red dresses, high heels, striped socks, even baby shirts tied around adults' necks. They were showing their team spirit! One guy was only wearing a pair of red shorts and painted his entire body (including his head) red and white. He also added a red and white striped scarf to complete the ensemble. A group of fans danced around the stadium the whole time, singing, playing drums, and blowing vuvuzelas. I think most (if not all) of them were drunk, so it made the spectacle especially interesting.
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| The football game |
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| The scoreboard - the game ended at 0-0 |
This evening we ate dinner with the Hellers. It was delicious! Some sort of Pakistani goulash with green beans and a salad. Then we had a baby watermelon for dessert. Yum! Jayme, Mike, and I kind of quarantined ourselves in the den after dinner because we were sick, but we had fun just hanging out. Danielle came to join us a little while later too. We make a good group. :)
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| (L to R) Mike, Jayme, me, Anna, Gerda, Danielle, Jenna, Mrs. and Mr. Heller (picture by Annie) |
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Mr. Heller drove us back after dinner. We piled in the back of the truck again - I love riding back there, especially when we fly over the bumps in the road and have to brace ourselves against the sides of the truck in order to not be knocked unconscious. :) When we got back home, Peter (the cook/housekeeper for MMM) had tea and cookies waiting for us. So nice!
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| Mike, asking the taxi driver to trade soccer jerseys with him |
Oh yeah, we also went to the chitenje market here in Mzuzu this morning. The market here is like magic - it just keeps going and going... Jayme and I bought two 4-meter chitenjes to share and Mike bought a World Cup chitenje and a soccer jersey, which he then traded for another jersey with our taxi driver. Good times.
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Walking through the market, trying to balance chitenjes on my head (picture by Danielle)
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