Soccer Match and other Shenanigans

Small update!

I won’t have internet for quite some time after this so I thought I would write up a little something.

My homestay is still wonderful! Mama and I are getting closer and closer as the days go on. Mostly because she loves that I’m her white butler, but I’ll pretend it’s all because I’m funny and cool.

Baths are becoming quite a struggle.  Boiling water and preparing a bath every time I want to be clean is exhausting.  Not to mention the energy I must exert once in the bath; Buckets are heavy!

On Saturday we did another drop off kind of deal except this time we had siblings from Cato Manor be our tour guides so it was much easier! Also we were in groups of 4 instead of 2 so it was a pretty relaxing day.  My group went to a Mosque I could not even tell you where. We ended up in an area completely unfamiliar to me so I just kinda went along for the ride.  After we were basically kidnapped by the Mosque tour guide and weren’t released for quite some time, we headed over the Moses Mabhida Stadium, the stadium that was created for the world cup, for a soccer match! It was soooo fun.  Bafana Bafana was playing Botswana needing the win for the chance to make it to the playoffs.  If they won that and Ethiopia lost to CAR they would be able to go!  The game was so exciting and they ended up winning! 4-1!  But a bittersweet victory because Ethiopia ended up winning, crushing their chance to go to the World Cup :(

Yesterday, a few girls and I were desperate for physical activity so we ran over to the field in Cato Manor.  We expected to run and do some circuit training and quickly get out of there.  But to our surprise, which was dumb because we should have absolutely expected it, about 25 children would not leave us alone.  During our warm up laps we had to be incredibly cautious as children were weaving in front of us, stopping, slowing down, encouraging more friends to join.  It was so stressful! Everything we did was followed by these children.  So we tried to explain a “no touch policy” but that didn’t really fly. So we did the best we could, trying to get a work out while also entertaining these children.  They did all the workouts with us though! But poor Alie was trying to show a leg lift work out as children were climbing all over her and one was literally in between her legs.  But it was fine, we ended up getting a good enough work out and ended the day with a lovely round of duck duck goose.  Which no longer has rules because these kids just do what they want.

As we were leaving we were trying to say bye to all these kids, but of course that did not fly.  So we walked home with a kid grabbing at every limb and running around us, which has become so casual now and we even have normal conversations and often forget that we have a child hanging at every part of our bodies.  But its nice to have a little crew to walk us home :)

That’s it for now! Sala Kahle!