10 pounds heavier in 1 day!

i gained 10 pounds yesterday...5 in hair weight; 5 from amazing food. let me clarify this slight exaggeration. i got my hair plaited yesterday: a 5 1/2 hour adventure. it looks pretty sweet, but oh my goodness the girl used 4 1/2 packages of extensions! it is so heavy! i mean seriously my head is in pain now b/c of all the weight. she had to sew together the ponytail part in the back with a needle and thread b/c it couldn't stay up on it's own. i kept waking up during the night b/c i can only sleep on the side of my head. but hey, this hair thing really works to your advantage around here. like at the post office today, the woman was commenting about how nice it was and she didn't get mad about looking for my package like on normal days. i think i have a new record going...i was only at the post office for 1 hour 20 minutes today. i found some really nice guy who tried, with no luck unfortunately, to find other things of mine there that have been missing. as soon as he saw my name he said he recognized it. he took my email and said he'd let me know if any of my stuff showed up. even though this will be long after i'm gone at least maybe victor or someone can go get it. another american girl was there and she finally got her package that had been sent in october! TIA.

the 5 pounds of food: we made tacos and crepes last night...even our own tortillas and guac and homemade whipped cream with cooked cinnamon apples for the crepes. soooo good! lauren was having an interesting time with the crepes b/c the frying pan at the house is missing the handle, so she had to blow on the batter to get it to spread out. plus the little gas cooker thing is hard to control and the gas will start going on really high heat without even touching anything and then everything burns.

milly is staying around to be our house girl. she's just been filling in temporarily but has decided to stay. i'm surprised but glad for her. she says she gets to go home on sundays for church and then come back since she lives nearby in kibera. that will be a good break i'm sure. it's funny b/c everlyn called last night on victor's phone about something milham was helping her with. so basically everyone in the house is secretly in contact with everlyn except amie and peter. guess we all know she's a good person.

please start praying for my safe journey home on friday night. and that my luggage gets there and that i have no problems with my slightly illegal visa. i started getting all sappy about leaving on sunday. i mean it just hit me that my life is absolutely going to change drastically in 4 days.