Gina being bad and sitting on the chair.
Action shot! Gina rolling around on the ground cuz I was home for lunch.
Gina about to enjoy her lunch too.
Isn't she cute?
Finally, she is worn out :)
She is about 2 years old. I got her from the SPCA in Rundu. If you would have seen her 2 days ago you would have thought she was a different dog. When I went to take her home from the SPCA, she wouldn't walk to the car. I had to carry her. Then she wouldn't walk into the house, so I had to carry her. She was so scared, poor thing. She was raised at the SPCA so that's all she has ever known. I'm sure it was a shock to her. But now she is happy and runs and jumps and she seems to be house broken too (big plus!). She spends nights in my hut with me, walks with me and Rosemary to work in the morning, spends the day at my house at the mission, and then walks home with us at night. I love having her around. She is deff going to make these next 2 years less lonely.
So last night we had a huge thunderstorm for hours! It rained so hard and it was so loud on my tin roof (or zinc roof as they call it here). I would think to myself, "I don't think it could get any louder." Oh, was I wrong. Every time I thought that to myself, it somehow got louder. And the lightening was incredible! It would light up my whole hut! Gina did pretty well through the storm. She got frightened a few times and would come sleep next to the bed. But she would go back to her mat at the foot of the bed eventually. The storm did manage to knock out the cell tower so we have no cell service right now. I'm not sure when that will be fixed.
I wish I could explain more what it is like here and I how I feel, but it's really difficult. I guess the best way to explain it is that Peace Corps is like a roller coaster. Some days your up, but most you're down. At least right now. I don't think the mefloquin is helping the emotional roller coaster either. But we have been warned about the roller coaster, so I just have to push through it. I mean, some things are gonna turn into great stories. And I can already laugh at my emotional instability. It's also fun to hear about other people roller coasters. I'm telling you... great stories. It's hard not only being away from everyone at home but from my fellow group 31ers. We spent an intense 2 months together and now we are spread out over the entire country. And I won't see the majority of them until late July or early August at Reconnect. But I am planning a trip to Victoria Falls in Zambia just after Reconnect with some of my friends. So that's deff something to look forward to! And I am planning on spending Christmas in Cape Town, so that will get me to the new year. THEN... my parents are coming to visit in April of 2011, so I know I can deff make it till then. Just gotta plan some more trip for the second year of service! Botswana is deff on the list!
So, as soon as I have cell service back I will let you know. Until then, Gina and I will just be chillin in the hut!
