the things blog. a halfway-through-the-month roundup of all the “things I’m…” enjoy.
reading
- The Art of Racing In The Rain, Garth Stein. One of my all-time favies, I finished this quick-read in 2 days, crying through most of the last half. Again.
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling. So good. All the dang books are.
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling. Because you can’t just read ONE of the books. You must read the entire series. Duh.
- A Dance With Dragons, George R. R. Martin. I only just got it from my squadmate Jah-Jah, and I only just started it, but the second I re-entered that world, I. Was. /Am. Hooked.
- A Year of Biblical Womanhood, Rachel Held Evans. Lent to me from my teammie-for-the-month Hannah, it is SO GOOD. A blogger experimenting exactly what the title says, the author is easy-reading, relatable, and fun. This is the book we read together as ladies at the end of every day.
watching
- Modern Family, Seasons 1-4.
listening
- It’s Time, Imagine Dragons
- Chocolate, The 1975
- My “Good Stuff” Playlist. Over and over. Always.
eating
- Rice
- Chapati
- Potatoes
- Bananas
- Avocado
- Pancakes with red plum jam
- Fried donut thingys with sugar
loving
- long walks down dirt roads, being hailed by every child in town “Mzungu! HOW ARE YOU??”
- african orphans
- kenyan church services
- every part of Modern Family
- reading to the girl teammies every night before bed
- ankle-length skirts and chacos
- fancy squatty potty. like a regular toilet, but without the bottom. Otherwise known as an outhouse
- Dubu, my puppy for the month
- killing chickens for dinner
- preaching
not loving
- that my teammate-for-the-month Lindi has malaria
- too-tiny mosquito nets
- my undiagnosable-not-malaria-but-still-needing-heavy-meds sickness
- my awful, unrelenting heart burn that causes me to not be able to eat
- not having reliable internet
- spiders in the outhouse at night
- dead puppies (long story. don’t ask. and his name was wafula)
looking forward to
- african safari tomorrow
- seeing emma for mini debrief at the end of the month
- being healthy again
