In the world of Wendy

Well not much has been going on, but here is an update of how life is for me. This past week we had volleyball tryouts and will start official practices on Monday. Friday I did some running around with my friend Chris and then headed to the airport to pick up some of his friends. We finished getting them settled into Hampton House and decided we were hungry. But no late night taco bells or Wendy's here. However, there is ONE place that stays open rather late so we headed there, picked up some FRIED food, and ate it (at 11pm- not too good on the ol stomach).
Saturday, I slept in and then worked on school work. I watched A LOT of movies while doing that. I have no tv stations. I never know what is going on the world or the temperature.
I do know that it is scorching here. I am sweating as I type this.
I walked to church today and then went to lunch with some friends.
I will walk to school in the morning and sweat in my classroom ALL day long. After school, I will have volleyball practice until 5:30 and then the busses will take those kids home. (A difference from the states- we have "late" bus drop offs)!!!
I will walk home and unlock my gate- we are locked in everywhere. :) And end my day with watching some 'Friends' getting online and foraging for some food. Maybe I'll drink some Dr. Pepper. WOOHOO!! I found some for 62ksh a can. A little less than a dollar a can. Well worth it for something familiar.
We have to go to the grocery store weekly because food here ruins so fast. So I will hit the store on Wed.
Well a bit of a boring blog but that is my life. Pretty normal and non-exciting, but it is not near as hectic as the American lifestyle and I don't spend near the money I would in the states (No Hobby Lobby or Target)!
I love the community and always having friends nearby. It is like college in the sense that there is always someone around to hang with. It is pretty almost year 'round and pedicures are really cheap.

Excitement at Lobelia House

Well, as many of you know or don't know, I live right down the road from the school that I teach at. It is in a pretty safe area since the UN and US Embassy are right down the road. Every house has gates and high walls that "protect". We also have a gate guard. Today, I came home from school and found our gate was locked. We only lock the gate at night, so this was a bit strange. Micheal our day guard said that we had 6 men come in our gate and go to our house. Well I called Kim to tell her and we just said we needed to be more cautious. Apparently, it was a bit more serious to our landlord. He came down with a head security guy from school to talk to us. They are changing our gate lock and giving us each a key (incase our guard is not around- he does other jobs on the compound) They then informed of us of the details that happened while we were at school.
Micheal came down to our house and started talking to them, and they said they were with the electric company. However, they were just sitting on our porch. So he had to "shew" them out and they never went to a vehicle they just disappeared separatly into the bush! One of them was Muslim (that has nothing to do with the matter - at least I don't think- other than to recognize them in the future). Yea, so it was very interesting. Nothing bad happened other than we have to be on our toes and paying attention to our surroundings. Which we do anyway. I think I will go buy a ponga.