name that disease

i had to just about laugh today when popo told me he went to the health clinic in kibera and he was told that he had malaria and cholera. melissa and i asked what his symptoms were. he gets headaches, he can't breathe well out of his nose, and his throat is bothering him. i think he has a sinus infection, which is what i have and lauren just had. obviously if you had cholera you'd have diahorrea and if you had malaria you'd have a fever and be vomiting. what's with these crazy doctors here??? popo was feeling really dizzy which obviously was from that stupid malaria medicine.

today was my last day at blue house, so the kids were all hugging me and telling me bye. yesterday at BOLM i made rodgers tell zackayo in swahili that i would be leaving friday. he didn't really believe rodgers at first and started laughing. but we told him again and he looked so sad.

after leaving blue house, we were walking towards popo's house. two women got in a fight and yelling at each other. one woman was walking away past us, so we got caught a bit in the middle. fortunately we got out of the way before she started throwing rocks.

i stayed with maria last night. she made all sorts of good food as usual. she is enjoying her volunteering experience at a local school so much, and keeps telling me that it's me that got her to do it. but if it's anything i did, then it's just God, period. that's it. maria seems much happier now that she has more to do and something to look forward to each week. i think volunteering does that to you. anyway, maria gave me this beautiful hand woven ethiopian scarf as a good bye gift. i love it. it's so me.

i think the bugs are mostly done eating my drum, and so i'm going to try to take it home. i finally found a bag to fit it in today. it's wierd packing up all my stuff. i've given away most of my clothes and lots of things that i brought. it feels good to downsize and bring back less. i'm going to get home to my closet full of clothes and be in complete shock over how much i have.