Through the Seasons

Free Time?

Our schedule here is: Breakfast 7-8am  (although we usually get down there about quarter to Class 8am-1pm  (with a 30 minute break at 10am)Lunch 1-2pmFree time and homework/study time 2-6:30Dinner 6:30-7:30pmBedtime for me 9pm preferable and for Jonathan… sometime later… So that free time is when we go to town, take our showers, study, do homework, rest, write cards/letters, write our emails (to send the next time we go to town), etc.  You would think that time would be plenty and almost excessive but it’s not even close.  It seems like dinner arrives before we know it and our day is once again lost.  I’m planning to actually write some cards and letters now that I have envelopes and stamps.  I’d also like to get my cross-stitch stuff back out.  I’m working on Christmas presents that I hope to have finished by NEXT Christmas (they’re big).  But most of the time that I spend actually resting I’m doing word search puzzles.  They’re mindless and addictive.  And I tend to have to make myself stop so I can do something else.  The time will slip right by if I’m not careful.  The hardest thing to do after hearing and struggling with Swahili all day is to study Swahili some more.  The weekends are totally ours and I do tend to study a lot during those days.  I try to study the days I’m “bed-ridden” as well but I have to admit there have been days that I’ve done nothing but word search puzzles.  When you’re ill it’s hard to really put your mind to things.  As far as Jonathan, I’m not really sure how he spends his free time before dinner.  He’s almost always at the computer working on something – probably pictures we’re not posting J – but I’m never quite sure.  Every once in a while he’s gotten the opportunity to bird-watch and piga picha (Swahili for take pictures) here around the campsite.  There are a lot of cool birds here and I’m sure you’ll see pictures of them at one time or another.