March 12 "Saturday = Sleep, Singing, Skype, and Sunsets"

Well, today my plans were to relax, lay out and tan in the sun, read a bit, and take a bike ride. The weather had other plans for me, however. Today the rainy season was back in full swing, so T and I spent a lazy Saturday inside after a hectic week. We had a nice, restful morning planning our trip to Victoria Falls which is coming up in a few weeks, and we did some of the work on the setting up the pilot program here end of things. We’re keeping a sort of journal for the next group that comes so they can learn from our mistakes and laugh at them, too. J

Grilled cheese for lunch, laundry in the afternoon (and our dryer broke for the second time, which can be quite a problem on a rainy day!), pizza for supper, and a night of movies. The day was pretty blasé, except for a few random happenings: our friend M, who is a computer science major (for all those who know me, that’s my favorite subject of course) brought over her IT homework so we could help her, and Pastor M walked the piano keyboard for church over in the rain because the regular pianist is gone and guess who’s stepping in tomorrow! Now, I’ve only played for the entire church service once before, and that was with five minute’s notice, so this time at least I have a bit to prepare! T helped sing so I could practice a bit before my musical debut in Zambia tomorrow. J

One last fun thing for the night: as I was trying to Skype call a toll free number in the States (I know, random), I caught a glimpse of the sky outside and squealed because the sky was so beautiful! J T gave me a weird look until she turned around and saw it too. It was one of the prettiest sunsets I’ve ever seen! T and I grabbed our cameras and our umbrellas to document the experience, and as we walked outside, facing the other direction was a gorgeous double rainbow! Spectacular view after all the rain today! We meandered the campus to get a better view of the sunset, which proved quite dangerous as the mud was slippery and we both almost wiped out a few times. Not that that would not have been fun, too!