I don't know how many people actually read this but for anyone who looks forward to my updates- sorry it's been so long! I've been living in Saikeri which does not have internet which is actually kind of nice but inconvenient when you want to tell people how everything is going. So where do I begin? This past month has been pure bliss. Life is incredible but most Americans would find it less than enjoyable I'm sure. Nothing much happens in Saikeri. We have market on Tuesdays and Fridays and people walk from hours away to come to that and they're all dressed in their traditional maasai best which you'll all be able to see as soon as I upload any photos to facebook (don't hold your breath though, internet here is not usually good enough for that). So Tuesdays and Fridays are kinda cool for that. All the other days are pretty monotonous- wake up around 6:30 because it's finally light enough for me to pee in the latrine (at night I can pee outside but when it gets close to the morning I'd risk being seen by all the schoolchildren so I figure that's not such a good idea haha). Then I read in bed for an hour or so until I ahve to get dressed for school, get dressed, brush my teeth and throw my hair up. Then I go to the house to eat the daily breakfast of white bread with blueband spread, jam, or peanut butter and chai tea. At 8:15 we walk over to the school and I go to my class 2 kids and teach them (usually) all the subjects- math, english reading and writing, science, kiswahili, and occasionally social studies or religion although I'm not so good at those so I try to get away with not doing them haha (I know, you're thinking "what? she can teach kiswahili but not social studies or religion? that's ridiculous." but it's not. kiswahili is easy because I'm not expected to know anything so I just hope that the kids know how to pronounce their words correctly and write and shit and it's good. This is Africa, it's good.) So we have tea break for a half hour during the day where I go home and relax, and then I go back and do the remaining lessons until lunch. At lunch I let my kids go because I'm such an efficient teacher that I get everything done in the morning :) Lunch varies every day-typical kenyan food though. Then because it's so hot I get really tired so I take a nap or at least rest just about every day after lunch for an hour or 2. Then we read (we being me and the other volunteers), play cards, or sit around for a while. Sometimes we go for walks but thats rare because it's so freaking hot here. This past week April and I ran a girl's education class after school for the ladies in classes 6, 7, and 8- that was awesome! We taught them all about puberty, safe sex, STIs, especially HIV/AIDS, and we found out that they had no pads donated this year so we gave them some and then we found out a lot of them didn't have panties so we went to the city and bought some of those for them too. They were so happy. Then at 8 or 8:30pm we have dinner and then go to bed sometime after that. It sounds really boring and its dry, dusty, and dirty. The kids love to touch mzungus- I don't know if they expect us to feel different or something but I've learned that my body belongs to all of them, not just me, and they will constantly be all over me. They've got grubby little hands but I love them all and honestly have no problem with it. We've also been re-doing the library which was complete shit before but is looking much better now and will be wonderful in a few weeks! The kids don't even use it now because it's so bad. I'll also post pics of that at some point. Hmm, what else? Shosho (my grandma) taught me how to bead and I helped her make some keychains the other day which was awesome. Nini (mama) is gonna have her baby seriously any day now. Yeah I guess that's about all the news I have. It's not much to talk about but Saikeri is a dream come true for me. I've never been happier.