The perfect day... well almost

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Jun 7

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Yesterday morning got very interesting pretty quickly… Iwent inside after feeding Pendo and the other dogs and decided that I was goingto do some laundry. The other day when we were in town, we bought this laundrysoap.. it’s a long bar of soap about 2 feet long and it looks like it isalready precut so I took Tyler’s knife which I brought with me from America andtried to cut it… I wasn’t paying attention and was cutting towards my body andthe soap slipped and I cut directly into my thumb… so much pain and blood :( Icalled my friend Musa crying and he came and picked me up and took me to thehospital. They cleaned my hand up which hurt terribly and thenstitched/bandaged me up and told me I couldn’t get my hand wet for a week—whichsucks big time. But I am glad they were able to get me taken care of and that Ihad my tetanus shot in America!! Musa drove me back home and the kids were allwaiting anxiously for me to see if I was okay. They are soconsiderate—especially at such a young age! The kids and I decided to go intomy room and play some games. I taught Jonas and Lucky how to play “Sorry!” andwe had so much fun. They kept saying “now I know why the game box calls thisgame ‘the game of sweet revenge’ !!” Then some of the other orphans came andjoined us. We played sorry, bingo, and looked at ISpy books. One of the orphansYusta, who is only 15, is always busy working and I have never really seen herbe a kid and have fun. She came and played with us and it made me so happy tosee her laugh. While I was playing with Pendo, the boys took out the toy carsand made their own game. Seeing them play like this was new to me because theyare always busy with their many responsibilities so it was awesome to see themhaving fun and laughing together. After a while, all the older kids returnedhome from school and played with the water guns for a little. We had to put theguns away thought because there weren’t enough for everyone and Ericki threw atemper tantrum.. this is nothing new. We all went and did laundry together andgave Pendo a bath. The kids had to help me a lot because I only could use onehand, which they thought was pretty amusing because I was completelydysfunctional. The children then prepared for their hotel performance they haveon Saturday and they practiced their songs and dances. I love lying in my bedand listening to the sounds of their voices--There is no feeling like it. I gotto talk with Mom and Dad today again which was great! The kids brought medinner in my room around 7 and then I got ready for bed. Pendo nuzzled up nextto me and cuddled by my side. She stayed with me for a couple of hours and thenjumped down to the floor. She decided to pee and poop on the floor and not inmy bed, which I was very thankful for. I will need to figure out a way to pottytrain her. All and all, with the exception of my hospital experience, it was agreat day.