On Monday Bradley woke up ill yet again he had had a restless night with high temperature and cough. Paul was still off work so he took Bradley off to Africmed, after a long wait he was diagnosed with a chest infection and was put on a nebuliser to help with his breathing. He arrived home with the usual amoxicillin to clear up his chest infection.
On Tuesday and Wednesday Paul attended college for a meeting and the registering of the new students he is due back lecturing next week. He also found out that he has been getting underpaid since starting the college so he is due quite a bit of back pay. As for myself I am now back into the swing of school and enjoying teaching. Year one are still proving to be a problem for us so much that we now have Mr Ndoy the PE teacher sitting in the class with us. He is a very imposing character if you can imagine a six foot plus Senegalese man who doesn’t put up with any nonsense. However I still feel that we need another assistant to help with the less able children who are constantly calling out for assistance so you are getting pulled backwards and forwards. I am going home with a headache most days from their constant chattering.
On Thursday Abigail had her first day off school she was complaining of a stomach ache and sore throat, however she still went off to school on Friday feeling much better.
On Friday we had a surprise visit from Alpha so Paul decided to take him to some other company’s to try to get them involved with their cultural centre in Kanuma. As we were eating lunch Lynn arrived home so we introduced her to Alpha and then she joined us. Alpha showed us his latest batik work and Lynn decided to buy a couple off him as she is very much into art. Once Alpha had left for home we quickly changed and went to Safari Garden as Paul has been asked by one of the Ugandan VSO recruits also called Paul to teach him how to swim. By the end of the day Paul was actually able to swim the length of the pool although his technique needed improving we were really pleased with how well he had done.
On Saturday we walked to Kariba shopping centre and then spent the rest of the day in the compound. Paul helped me with some lesson plans so we sat outside in the shade. The weather this week has been so hot with high humidity levels this has resulted in three showers a day for me and the kids and the fact that the electricity is off is only adding to our misery as we are unable to put on a fan. It has also resulted in a couple of toadstools sprouting up out of the wood near the sink over night.
On Tuesday and Wednesday Paul attended college for a meeting and the registering of the new students he is due back lecturing next week. He also found out that he has been getting underpaid since starting the college so he is due quite a bit of back pay. As for myself I am now back into the swing of school and enjoying teaching. Year one are still proving to be a problem for us so much that we now have Mr Ndoy the PE teacher sitting in the class with us. He is a very imposing character if you can imagine a six foot plus Senegalese man who doesn’t put up with any nonsense. However I still feel that we need another assistant to help with the less able children who are constantly calling out for assistance so you are getting pulled backwards and forwards. I am going home with a headache most days from their constant chattering.
On Thursday Abigail had her first day off school she was complaining of a stomach ache and sore throat, however she still went off to school on Friday feeling much better.
On Friday we had a surprise visit from Alpha so Paul decided to take him to some other company’s to try to get them involved with their cultural centre in Kanuma. As we were eating lunch Lynn arrived home so we introduced her to Alpha and then she joined us. Alpha showed us his latest batik work and Lynn decided to buy a couple off him as she is very much into art. Once Alpha had left for home we quickly changed and went to Safari Garden as Paul has been asked by one of the Ugandan VSO recruits also called Paul to teach him how to swim. By the end of the day Paul was actually able to swim the length of the pool although his technique needed improving we were really pleased with how well he had done.
On Saturday we walked to Kariba shopping centre and then spent the rest of the day in the compound. Paul helped me with some lesson plans so we sat outside in the shade. The weather this week has been so hot with high humidity levels this has resulted in three showers a day for me and the kids and the fact that the electricity is off is only adding to our misery as we are unable to put on a fan. It has also resulted in a couple of toadstools sprouting up out of the wood near the sink over night.
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