Yesterday I would say I read for the majority of the day. In the morning I woke up at my regular time, but everyone else was sleeping in, so I had some free time to read. It was a day of chores. I did my laundry and luckily it wasn’t raining—I think it’s just now turning into the raining season.
With Jovin I was finally able to play some soccer. Both of us have been so busy, but we got out and were able to kick the ball around a bit. It used to be us two versus kaka, but now that he’s gone it’s a bit boring with the one-sided match up of just us two. Thankfully, a couple teachers stopped by the house for lunch because they had been working at school (on a Sunday!!!) and they joined in on our football shenanigans for a bit.
Not much else went on; I almost lost my Duolingo streak, but I am now 33 days into Swahili! The mangoes around the grounds are starting to show the right colors for picking; yesterday we harvested many and let me tell you, fresh mango is quite the delicacy.
Jovin had some homework throughout the day, so I sat with him to make sure he was staying focused. I was able to read and nap a bit during the two hours it took him to finish a few math and science questions. These younger generations have it bad, there’s no ability to sit still and focus unless a device is sitting two inches from their face. With Jovin, he could only spend a couple minutes on work without getting frustrated and needing to run around.
In the late afternoon a storm started to roll in. It’s pretty cool how you can hear the thunder from miles away and slowly watch/hear the clouds and clapping get closer and closer. I was worried all my clean and mostly dry clothes would be getting a second wash, so I rushed to take them down. The storm ended up just being dark clouds and loud thunder, no rain or lightning. It reminded me of the tropical storms in Hawaii that can never make up their minds. I’m very excited to be going back to school today. As much as I love the rest and reading of Sundays, staying busy is when I’m at my best.