Lovin in Lusaka

What am I lovin in Lusaka??? My bag! It finally arrived today, although I must admit my excitement was dampened when I found that the bottom of my bag was wet and moldy including the pants whose arrival I was so eagerly anticipating. With some hot African sun drying on the bushes I'm pretty much in business clothing style. Unfortunately British Airlines failed Tricia yet again! Even with the minor set back we are still planning to head out to Senezongwa (I know that can't be spelled right) on Thursday with Dr. Tim, Tiny Tim, Dominique and Antoine (two guy nurses who have been here volunteering at Jon Hospice for 2 mos.) and a couple other people. We will be staying near a lake, the name of which I forget until Saturday and then we'll be heading out to Livingston for some African style tourism. Nancy, Tricia and I are planning some exciting things while we are there. We are thinking about a little canoe safari or perhaps and dinner cruise and a tour of the falls and some other adventure hopefully. We'll return on Monday exhausted and ready to get back to learning at the hospice. There has been some recent other fun things happening that I'm not sure I've mentioned yet. We stayed pretty busy over the weekend. We had dinner with our new friends, the above mentioned Antoine and Dominique on Friday night. They BBQ'd some chicken at there apartment and then we capped off the night with Fanta's and Mozi's at the Chachacha bar. Saturday was a lazy day poolside (after a run to the airport) for us (wrapped in sweatshirts and pants) and then we went on our first adventure to the movie theatre with the guys in the evening. We saw Fantastic Four 2, yes that's right there are recent movies even in Africa! The theatre was very nice, stadium seating and popcorn just like home, but...CHEAPER! I think Sunday went a lot like Saturday and then in the evening we had dinner at Dr. Tim's house or farm. He has a house on a lot of land and many pets including a goat, pigs, dogs, some kind of birds and 3 very large turtles. I hope to return with my camera before we leave so I can get some pics. We had a fantastic pizza dinner and returned home with full bellies and ready for bed.

Monday was an interesting day at the hospice. A new patient came in with a pleural effusion, he was really straining to breathe and Doc Betty attempted 7 times to drain it for him. Unfortunately it had been too long and without proper equipment she wasn't able to remove the fluid. The afternoon was slow and after another lunch of beef, potatoes and shima we headed back to our Zambian home. We enjoyed a quiet afternoon and really yummy cheese sandwiches at Chachacha.

And that brings me back to today, which I already told you about, so I guess that's it for now! Hopefully I'll have an adapter soon and be able to add some pics from my trip the next time I post.

tata for now!