Things to report

Nothing much exciting has happened these few weeks so this will be a short entry! We have been busy with several activities to keep us amused.

Things to report are:

• I am still waiting for my furniture to be made by the local carpenter – he assures me he has the material and is starting tomorrow! ‘Tomorrow’ is a very common phrase in Malawi!

• I think I now also have mice to add to the wildlife living in my garden. I bought rat poison to put down and it bizarrely comes in wedges like cheese – only bright pink. Perhaps they think that because mice like to eat cheese they will be tempted with this look a like cheese. Maybe mice are colour blind and will really think it is cheese! Let’s hope it works!

• On the wildlife note – I also think I have bedbugs in my mattress. Everyday I wake up with more bites so I am constantly spraying the bed. Apparently they will die if I put the mattress outside for a few days in the sun. Lets hope the tumba flies don’t decide to lay their eggs on the mattress!!!

• I am heading down to Lilongwe soon for an educational workshop with all the other Education volunteers. Looking forward to catching up with everyone again. Having to get money sent from home in preparation for the shopping in Lilongwe!

• That really is all I can think of writing at the moment. Hopefully I will have a few more tales to tell soon.

• In Malawi there is no really difference with using masculine and feminine in speech so my night watch man is constantly calling me ‘sir’. It’s also very funny when a Malawian is talking about a woman doing something and suddenly they change in to a ‘he’ then back into a ‘she’ again!!

Hope all is well.

Caro (as I am called in Africa!!!!)