Thursday, June 25, 2009

Today when I woke up we had had another power outage. The wind and the rain have been so bad that the power has been constantly going out. I couldn’t get to work today because my driveway was surrounded by water. I really need some rain boots but they are sold out everywhere. Luckily, Janine is the best landlord ever and just drove me to work. Work was pretty much slow today because I did not go out to the crèche, and instead worked on my development plan for the summer. The rain has destroyed my freshly permed hair too. I look like a frizz ball at this point but I am getting my hair braided and it only cost R250 (about $25); I feel like I am robbing them because the price in the US would be more like $250.

Later the interns at my job had a Christmas party at their lodge in honor of the cold weather and because June 25 marks exactly 6 months, half way point, until Christmas. Everyone was supposed to make a dish or bring something. Me and another intern, Hannah, made ginger bread cookies from scratch. While we were making cookies my roommates finally arrived in Cape Town!!! Thank goodness. Life will be so much easier, cheaper, and safer with more people. My roommates names are Sarah and Liese, both go to Stanford University as well. By the time we had all arrived to the Christmas party, everyone was really drunk and only one full chicken and some gravy was left….We ate the chicken and had the ginger bread cookies as our sides…yum…We also had a gift exchange with a R20 ($2.50) budget. Me and Hannah picked out a goldfish for someone and named it Rudolph. The gift exchange was finished early after a boy threw up as he was opening his gift…..Liese, Sarah and I left shortly after…