After a well rested night, I was up early unpacking and trying to convince my Internet to work (it usually takes a lot of convincing, but especially today!) before church at 9. The question of the morning was, would I be playing keyboard for the service, or no? I had no word after 4 pm yesterday, so I was assuming no….but you never know! Thankfully, I wasn’t blindsided and was able to enjoy the service as a regular parishioner. One of the soon-to-be-vicar-graduates preached today and the choir outdid themselves by learning about 6 new songs. One of the kid’s songs was even in English, too. Score! One of the regular choir’s songs was stuck in my head all day. Something like: kay ka nock kay kay, kay ka nock kay kay, kalumbuwa mwansa ah-ay, ay-yay ay-yay! I found out it means something like we must praise the Lord in heaven. The song is beautiful, as are all their songs!
After church wasn’t too exciting. I finally got my computer to work. I went through all my purchases here and delineated which ones were gifts. I lesson planned for a bit outside in the nice weather and ate some of the trail mix I made for lunch. I found myself tracing an outline of America as our kids are going to learn about American customs and life this week. We have topical weeks for tutoring and the kids always want to know about America, so we figured we’d throw it in there, so not as self-centered as it seems. (I hope!) T came and found me around 1:30 because I had gotten a call from D&D, so we scurried off with them to the pool at the American International School.
So, for the first time in my life, I swam laps in the pool. Boy, is it difficult! Especially since I don’t remember a thing about breathing from my lessons 12+ years ago! So, why the reason for trying now? Well, T and I are CONSIDERING a mini triathlon in a few weeks. Yeah, really crazy. Especially since I hate running and can’t swim. And the biking which I thought would be ok, is through a pretty beaten path. So, we’ll see. …But, I survived the swimming extravaganza. Hopefully we can make it to the pool one more time before signing up so I can see if I can actually do this or not….
After hitting the pool, T and I came back and continued lesson planning for the week. No early tutoring tomorrow so we get to sleep in! Reason being that all our kids have exams this week. In Zambia, the school year is a calendar year. Term one is Jan-March; term two is May-July; term three is Sept-Nov. Sounds like a pretty good system. At least that’s one thing they have correct about schools here! Since we were gone most of the week and our kids didn’t have their exam schedules last Tuesday, we had to find each and every kid for tutoring, ask their exam times, and make up a plan for tutoring on the spot. Surprisingly, it worked pretty well. Result: tutoring on T/TH only this week.
Mrs. A had a delicious supper again for us this week. She always makes so much. We asked her why today and she said that we don’t eat enough during the day apparently. Guess that means I need to stop skipping lunch! After supper time, T and I finished catching up on things that we left off while we were gone, chatted with some loved ones, and watched Walle before hitting the hay later than usual tonight, about 1:30. We’re such rebels when we don’t teach until 9:30. J
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