Simple Happiness

3rd Monday 

It’s 7am, time to get up! I wake up to a slight pain in my chest. I got bitten by something last night and it hurts, I’m red, and it looks like it has a bit of a leading edge but I’ll wait to declare that for sure. I got Barbara to check it out, she couldn’t find a bite mark so I’m happy about that so far…

I get dressed, then leave for breakfast-I have a piece of buttered toast and some weird flavored yogurt. I get ready for clinic pickups and physio as a usual Monday, I’m expected to be out all day and it’s already a hot and humid one.  (That’s 88 degrees Fahrenheit). Shwele and I load into the Avanza-at 8:30am we are off!

Our first patient for clinic pickup is GoGo glasses (we have nicknames for everyone lol) this is the one who’s grandson I’m waiting on 20 cows from 😂. The ground here is extremely sandy so instead of risking the Avanza getting stuck, we just walk up the hill. Thankfully GoGo Glasses can walk back down and that it’s a beautiful day in Khula. We’re taking her to the clinic to get prescribed another medication. We believe that the BP medication she’s on now is causing her BP to be lower than it needs to be which is why we are taking her to the clinic.

We go to the next GoGos house, she’s playing some gospel on her TV and I’m happy to hear the familiar vocals of Marvin Sapp “I believe what you told me, I believe your word is true.”

We’re soon off again, and to make it easier for everyone since we have mostly older people I decide to sit in the very back-it’s pretty hot back here too but I won’t complain too much.

We pick up an older man who is losing his memory, he’s the father of one of our Support Group members, I absolutely love this particular member too, I don’t know why but she reminds me of my mommy ☺️. This lady is always happy to see me and always greets us with a “Hey guys” I’m sure that her favorite English phrase lol.  As we wait for the man, Shwele cuts of Taylor Swift and turn on some gospel-it’s that kind of day, and I love it. I cannot understand the words of this particular song but it almost sounds like they’re saying- let God be praised. I can always indicate whether or not we’re listening to Gospel by the word Jehovah

We go to pick up another patient, but she’s not coming today, she forgot that we were coming and she’s not ready. All of a sudden my allergies start to bother me and unfortunately I forgot to take an allergy pill-not good.

We proceed to pick up a boy who sprained his ankle and another GoGo, since there’s not enough room for each of us to sit I place the child’s younger sibling into my lap so mom can get herself together, he’s so curious it’s adorable. Once mom is settle he goes back to her and we enjoy a bumpy ride (what we call a African massage) to the clinic. 

We arrive at the clinic, Shwele collects all of the patients identity cards and we head into the clinic. Even hurt, the older child helps mom with the younger and I admire him for that 

I watch the receptionist create new pages for the patient’s files and I realize how much we are blessed to have computers to store all of our information-if there was a fire here, years of Precious Healthcare information would be lost in a matter of a few hours.

I attend the patients vitals appointment and I’m hoping we get better results, so far we do, so I’m hoping this clinic visit go by smoothe. It’s very very busy today so I am not sure how fast this will go by, but we will see. The GoGo with one eye is very spicy, because I’m black she thinks I speak Zulu but obviously I don’t, I’m not sure what she is saying but people keep laughing so I’m sure she’s just having a good time.

As I stand and wait for the medication appointments to go by I notice a woman with her face painted for sun protection-here’s an example (far right)

Somehow Shwele made me in charge of GoGo one eye so I just go to all of her appointments with her. During the professional nurse part I take time to notice all of the information about HIV and ARVs posted on the wall, it needs to be updated-but it’s there.

The nurse prescribes a pain blocker and multivitamins just as Shwele and I do, with the addition of BP medication, as we wait for the other patients to finish up I notice all of the naked babies waiting to be seen drinking out of dirty bottles with the absence of a diaper on. Since HIV can be spread through Brest feeding, I am happy to see that many women are how to afford a supplemental milk source.

The older patients appointments are finished, it’s the child’s who’s visit will take a while because he isn’t chronic so we leave them there. We load back into the Avanza and proceed to take them home- I eventually climb back into the front seat, I quickly feel the differences in temperature and wish that I would’ve stayed in the back lol

Shwele gathers some indoni and I watch GoGo one eye as she goes back into her hut. It’s traditional and built very well- it’s remarkable to see all of the simple detail in person. Shwele shares some of the fruit, I’m going to save a seedling to to see if I can grow it at home. That’s not illegal is it? I don’t have to worry about being detained at customs do I?  Haha Shwele said that all I have to do is put it in a plant pot- I think I could grow this one, all I have to do according to Shwele is dry the seeds, get a pot, put sand with a layer of dry leaves and then pack the seed down into there and put a little water. I’m really going to try

We grab some lunch in town, Chips and Igwinya with cheese since the guy didn’t have bologna and some BBQ flavor Go Slo’s. We find a tree to sit under and enjoy the nice shade. Shwele borrows a mat from a GoGo who’s tree we’re sitting under and I’m sure the roach that was on my head came from that…I didn’t  freak out too bad surprisingly I continue to eat my meal, it’s the perfect temperature under the tree and the breeze is just right, even a young cat is enjoying a nap in the tree. I truly take the time to enjoy my surroundings. Even though I complain about the heat, I’m happy to not be in the cold but I really do miss homeWe finish lunch and then head to the outer skirts of Khula for physio, this patient is extremely obese and finds it very hard to move, Shwele does some exercises with her and I take notes on her physical progress. During this visit I ended up making another friend by sharing my Go Slo’s. I met the cutest little girl ever. Shwele said that she’s normally shy but I couldn’t tell at all.

We visit our final Physio patient of the day. Mbuso, this is the 27 year old guy who was shot on the job and the doctors deemed him paralyzed…well the doctors were wrong because God said yes! He was able to move his toes a little bit today!!! It’s so amazing to know that when African Impact first started working with him he wasn’t able to move at all, now he can move his knees, he has pain in his feet indicating that circulation is returning and he is starting to move his toes!! Praise break🙌🏾 He made a way!

We arrive home a little after 4pm, since I’m the pool master this week I start my job immediately so I won’t have to worry about doing it later. We have our regular debriefing session at 5:45pm and then it’s time for a sundowner at the Jetty. I decide to skip it this time because I have school work to do, somehow even with my bug bracelet and off, I’m eaten by mosquitoes. I didn’t even feel them 

After I have a look of all I have to do I decide to shower, then focus. I plan on going to bed early tonight.

The ladies come back to the house and we have dinner together.  We chat for a while then I wash the dishes, it’s my night, then I go back to the room to prepare for Support Group tomorrow morning. The ladies told me that they wanted to talk about foot pain, so I created a quick slideshow about just that.

It was wonderful day

3rd Tuesday

It’s 7am! Today is Support Group day, I’m excited! I love the ladies there. Today should be fun too because we’re doing something a bit different and the New Business Manager Valerie (or as the Zulu ladies call her-Vee) is supposed to be hanging out with me today, awesome!

Side note: This bed is really taking a tole on my body. Last week I had neck pains for three days straight, now my shoulder hurts. I’m going to need some serious massage therapy when I get back to the States lol, anyways.

I prepare for the Support Group. I make the hot tea, gather the yoga mats and the box with the cups, get some extra sugar and then Valerie, Nok, and I are on our way! First we gather a couple of our members, then we stop by the supermarket in Khula to get some cookies.

So far I really like Valerie, we chat about the program and South Africa in general, and we basically get to know one another-she’s a pretty cool person! She’s an older gal, and on top of what she does for a living she has a certification in massage therapy, mechanics, aerobics, and who knows what else! She’s originally from Scotland, but for the past 5 years she has lived in Singapore very interesting!

We had a total of 6 members today and they were all happy to see me again and have a new member-Valerie. This time, the conversation took on a more positive note and I did a simple presentation on foot health since the ladies had questions about pains in their feet. I also did a foot massage demonstration, it was fun!

After support group we dropped the members off, Valerie and I chatted,and then we made our way make home with Nok as our driver for an hour long break.

It’s Tuesday so of course we had planning. I did the usual (prepare the food and nutrition parcels, refill the medicine bag, and plan for who we are going to see for HBC, nutrition, and physio the upcoming week). After planning I let Nok and Shwele put my hair up because I simply don’t know how 😂. They literally did it in like two seconds I don’t even know what happened. 

When that is over, I continue with my pool master duties by scooping all of the leaves out and then I take yet another cold shower-the water is a bit annoying here but at least we have some this week.

We have our 5:45 debriefing meeting and then it’s time for a traditional Zulu dinner, beef stew and pap, it was actually very good! Kim, Claudy, Valerie, Barbara, Helene and myself chat for a while after dinner; we even came up with some pretty great ideas for future projects. I’m excited for the future of African Impact.

Gotta love Tuesday’s. we decided to have the weekly movie night. It’s Barbara’s turn to choose- the choices are Taken 2, The Call, and Focus. Barbara’s my girl, those are my kind of movies lol. The Call wins and we all enjoy the thriller staring the beautiful Halle Berry.

Somehow we all end up in bed early, but before then I discover yet another huge African roach crawling on wall. I immediately tell Barbara and she comes to my rescue-she’s the real M.V.P. I’m totally a punk though, I used the new girl as a human body shied. She’s 18 years old, from Belgium and not fluent in English yet-could you imagine me running and grabbing this poor girl to hind behind during this ‘catching of the roach’ debacle? Because that’s what I did 😂, Barbara used a glass and a piece of paper- I’m not sure I could do that, I gotta work on it. After that talk to My parents and My Forever, man do I miss them all, and the rest are in the clouds

Goodnight

3rd Wednesday

It’s 6am and I’m awaken by a tummy ache, I’m not sure what’s it’s about but I have one.  I just check the weather and realize that it’s going to be a warm day, but it’s definitely beautiful there not a cloud in the sky.

(Shown in Celsius-that’s what’s used here)

I get out of bed, put on some pants, and then I unlock the door as quietly as possible. I thought what better way to start my day than reading my Bible, I’m determined to read through the entire thing again this year.

Since it was still early and no one was awake at the time I decided to have my breakfast then get ready for my day. 

Somehow I was able to get my hair up in a bun all by myself (midweek win lol). I get dressed and then we have our morning meeting at 7:50am. Since I’m an early bird today I decide to get ready for the morning project while the ladies are in their meeting with Kim and Valerie. I get the black Medical box, 5 food parcels, the Khula folder and bring them all to the Avanza. Since I have some time I sit on the couch across from Claudy, we talk about life- I am truly in my prime.

Since I have a wrap on my hair today Nok keeps calling me Makoti which means bride or daughter in law lol-her son is 12 😂.

It’s now 8:30am and Shwele and I head out to Khula to buy some bananas. Surprisingly the ladies who we normally buy banana from are absent from their usual post, it’s a good thing Shwele knows somewhere else to get some.

It’s going to be a great day. We play some Taylor Swift and prepare to meet our patients. Though the air is fresh and there’s a bit of a breeze I can tell that’s it’s going to be a hot one.

We travel to a community members house who sells bananas and she has a bunch of them since she has a banana tree. So we buy some and in the bunch that Shwele bought there’s a double banana-Shwele said she was scared of it so she gave it to me lol (according to Nok if I have twins and eat this/these banana(s) they will come out conjoined) . The lady who sells bananas also has an indoni tree so of course we pick some before starting our day lol.

We arrive at our first patients house. She’s a GoGo. She had 4 children but unfortunately they all died, I’m not sure how-I didn’t ask for details. Her Grandchildren now take care of her, and from the looks of things around the home they treat her very well. On the door a notice sign on the door which says Dumisani uJehovah Amen which means Praise be to God Amen. During this visit, Shwele explains some things about religion to both me and the GoGo. I admire her for that and through this conversation between the three of us I learn that Shwele is Christian and does not believe heavily in the Zulu traditions though she’s Zulu. From our conversations I can tell that she really knows her Bible too.

We make our way to the next GoGo, she was very nice and happy to us. That appointment went very well! Her BP was high, but better than usual so we provided a good parcel. She has a history of diabetes and complained of pain in her left foot. Thankfully we did not see any visible sores, wounds, or cracks.

The next patient was a breeze, she had no complaints so we just did a regular checkup. She scheduled a clinic pickup so I gladly put her on the list. We said our goodbyes and made our way.

We seen a community worker sometime after the first visit and she asked us to see about take a patient to the clinic. So to see what’s going on and if we can assist we put of HBC visit list on hold and go see about this patient

We decide to take him on and add him to our home based care program he’s an older man and very nice. He is extremely happy that we are taking him as a patient and I look forward to working with him. We chat for a while to get a clearer picture of all of his issues.

It’s 11:40am and I could seriously go for a nap right now. We visit the last HBC GoGo for the day and she was very happy to see is. I’m not sure what she has going on but she has sores all over her arms. She complains of being bitten by cockroaches but it looks like something else. We give her some alcohol wipes and cream to treat the sores and then we head to St. Lucia-it’s 12:00pm. On the way out of GoGos house we see the guy I took those marriage photos with at Veyane Cultural village. He was giving a tour and brought them to the traditional healer. We see her dressed in her gear-looks like she’s about to give one heck of a show, welp I guess it’s true this country is ran by tourism.

We arrive at he house, none of the other volunteers are back yet, I’m not feeling my best and I’m not sure why my stomach is still upset, I decide to lay on the house until the other volunteers arrive so that we can have lunch.

Lunch was decent, it was a tomato based soup with carrots, onions, and something else-I had it with buttered toast. During lunch I was sad to learn that someone broke into Crèche, thankfully nothing was damaged or stolen. I chat with Valerie for a while then I begin to get ready for GoGo 4 check in- thank goodness Valerie was willing to help me sharpen all of those colored pencils cause I’m sure I now have a blister from the few I did.

It’s 1:30pm time to go! Nok, Shwele, Non, Kim, Helene, Barbara, and I load into the Avanza and then we head to Khula to drop Kim, Non, and Helene off for their Support Group. We play with the children for a while, and then make our way back to the house. I immediately get on my pool master duties. My tummy isn’t cooperating today so I decide to skip dinner.

We have our global goals, aims, and achievement presentation and I chat with Valerie for a while-she’s very easy to get along with, I like her! We had the longest conversation about what to get our significant other for Valentine’s Day, she gave me a wonderful idea by the way lol.

It’s 8:48pm and I’m already in bed, it was a good idea to skip dinner too because I still feel yucky- Goodnight!

3rd Thursday

Broken sleep begun around 5am, I literally kept waking up every 5 minutes, so at exactly 5:53 I just gave up and decided to get on out of the bed and get ready for the day. Thankfully, I did sleep very well until then and I am feeling much better-being hot and nauseous all day yesterday was not my cup of tea. I checked my email and saw the one that I’ve been waiting for ☺️ MPH’17 I’m coming for you!! Everyone is invited. 

I go ahead and brush my teeth, make my bed and then make my way outside-it’s windy today and I’m loving it, it’s wonderful out here. Since I have some school work due I decide to go ahead and work on that. Thank you Lord for bringing me this far-I wouldn’t have made it without you 🙌🏾. I went ahead and RSVP’d, since I don’t know who all is coming I just went ahead a said the maximum 20 lol tickets aren’t required though-thank goodness! I’m official ☺️☺️
Today was a hot one-94 and humid! After checking my email I went into the kitchen to have breakfast. I cut my double banana into my cereal and attempt to cool off before starting my day. 

I’m with Shwele and Valerie for Home Based Care in Ezwenelisha. We were able to meet our goal number of people to see and I am very proud of that. Today we had a total of 3 new patients and I’m happy to say that none of them are critical, we just need to check in on them every once in a while. Valerie really impressed me too, she immediately got in there to help and wasn’t afraid to make positive suggestions!

Once we see all of our patients we make our way back to St Lucia for a delicious lunch, we had home made chicken tenders and chips. Even while eating we all were sweating. You know it’s hot when I’ve drunk a liter of water before 12 and I haven’t had to pee every 30 minutes because I’ve been sweating it all out. The group and I chat for a while, then it’s time for Nutrition in Khula. We only have 2 patients to see in our 2 hour time span but I’m sure something will come up- it always does and I love it. Shwele, Nok, Claudy,Barbara, Helene, and I all load into the Avanza. Shwele and I drop them off at the Crèche in Khula for a painting session and then we make our way to Khula. 

And just as I thought, while we were on our way to our first patient a community care giver stopped us to see if we can see one of her patients. We go, do our assessment and decide to take her on. This lady had an amazing spirit about her. She’s only 40, and in this time frame she a cervical cancer survivor-9 years remission, on ARV, and currently has a fractured and dislocated hip that can only be fixed by surgery and during tour entire meeting she did not complain once, she’s a special person. Even Shwele commented on her demeanor. After we seen her we started our nutrition visits. I’m thankful that both of our patients are indeed gaining weight. While we were on the way to our 13 year old patients house we seen him walking home from school, since he was at the clinic receiving ARVs on last week it was nice to see him walking home with all of his friends so of course we give them all a ride- little boys are so cool they laugh at everything. Since the child’s English is very good I am happy to be able to do this visit all by myself. I bought a bracelet from his mother and as a gift she gave me some avocados too. 

Time is now up, we finish chatting and then head to pick up the crew from Crèche they did a wonderful job painting , Shwele has a presentation to give at the Jehovah Witness organization so we rush to make sure she’s there on time- I pray it goes well for her! We go back to the house and I immediately get on my pool master duties so that I can take a shower as soon as possible. Even after a cold shower I’m sweating. We eat dinner and it was amazing! I’m sorry I didn’t think to take a picture but it was a baked fish with some kind of homemade salsa on it and steamed vegetable. I’m so happy the ladies didn’t fry it like they tried to because it is just too hot to eat a bunch of fried food lol. We all decide on dessert at Reef and Dune later on tonight so I jump on some school work so I can hang out too- I have an assignment due tonight. I work on it for about 30 minutes then I change into my colorful dress to go out for dessert. Kim saw the baker lady on her way back to the house before we ate dinner and she told her that she made cheesecake for the night, but unfortunately by the time we got there it was finished. We picked other desserts and I’m it sure if any of was was truly happy. I ordered a Zulu Kiss- the ice cream was good- I didn’t like the chocolate things. Since it’s cloudy out we decide to skip a hippo hunt because most of us wanted to be able see some stars. I go back into the common area to finish my school work.

After I submit my assignment I decide to rinse off in a cold shower because I’m just that hot. It’s 11:30pm and I’m still sweating, I used all cold water for this cold shower and even that was warm. It’s going to be a long night.

3rd Friday

It’s 1:56am and I’m tossing and turning because I’m hot and restless, I notice something tickling my belly so I grab it and throw it off of me, I felt a bit of a sucking feeling from grabbing it so of course I grab my flashlight to investigate-y’all it was a worm, I wasn’t even creeped out. It’s crazy that I can do worms and reptiles but insects I just can’t handle. I let the worm live, I pushed him off of my bed and went back to sleep lol. I woke up around 5:45am, I’m not sure why I keep waking early- I force myself back to sleep for another hour then I decide to get on up.

It’s Friday so that means Home Assistance day! It’s cloudy today, rain, clouds and cool wind are in the forecast-this excites me because I’m sure we’ll be collecting water today. You would think I’d rather collect water in the sun and heat rather than the rain but nope I’ll pass.

Shwele is driving, so Nok, Mumsy, Claudy, Barbara, and I all load into the Avanza to make our way to Khula. We drop Mumsy at the end of the road first so that she can go to Spar and then the rest of the crew is dropped off at Crèche.

Shwele and I go to our first home assistance client, the lady with a motor neuron disease ,and collect some water for her. This time it was easier-I think my biceps are coming in lol. Check out the funnel we made haha TIA. This lady has a JoJo but she doesn’t want to use the water that is in it because she doesn’t know when it’ll fill up again- wow, I’m still amazed at how much we take things for granted.

We then go to the next GoGo’s house to see what she needs done and all she requested was for us to get her some water. This is the GoGo that we collected water for the very first time so I immediately recall just how many containers we have to fill. We load the empty water containers into the back of the Avanza and we get to work. I handle it this time way better than I did last time 💪🏾 I’m getting there. I’m not even as sweaty looking lol but this humidty has me frizzy haha.
As I finish my task I notice the ladies washing all of their clothes, this simple task probably takes them hours to complete for the simple fact that they’re doing it all by hand, and they have to walk to get to the water pumps and get back. Even with all of this hard work, I can tell that they live in simple happiness. They are smiling, talking, singing, and dancing. It started to rain, and still I’m out here doing my work- I didn’t even run to get my umbrella and it was okay.

We finally finish the morning project. After we drop off the water containers we make our way to Crèche to pick up the crew. My arms hurt, and I’m tired but I’ve definitely made some progress. Nok and I get Shwele to drop us off at the pharmacy. I buy some toe and nail clippers because somehow I left mine back in the States and then we make the walk back to the house. Nok and I talk and I tell her about some of the things on my mind in regards to my future and I’m thankful for her encouraging words, I’m depending on God’s guidance.

I eat some lunch then decide to lay down to rest. I didn’t even sleep I literally just laid there lol. I prepare for afternoon project and then Mumsy, Shwele, and myself make our way to Ezwenelisha for Nutrition. Shwele gets me to play her song and I am happy to play it *note to self-make Shwele a CD mixed with Taylor Swift and Travis Greene*

We see a familiar patient first and this visit is quite different. His wife was here and there were a bunch of family issues going on. The wife started crying and everything-just a bunch of drama and infidelity. The wife appears to be drunk so we quickly took our measurements and got out of there.

We go next to the GoGo with the indoni tree. Mumsy and Shwele start to gather the fruit while I take GoGos measurements. This GoGo is so funny, she always picks with me it’s nice that she feels comfortable playing with me like that.

We finish the appointment and then make our way to GoGo 4’s I take the measurements of the children and then we make our way back to the house. The children are always so happy to see us, it melts my heart.

We finish with the patients around 3:30 so we head to the water pump to do the weekly cleaning of the Fortuner. As I’m helping the ladies I take notice of all the young children carry water containers on their heads and how happy a young boy is to help his mum collect water…these children are so strong, and it’s amazing what a Zulu woman can carry on their heads.
A few minutes after 4 we head back to St. Lucia, I’ve been in water all day and I am tired. I put the Medical stuff away and then lay on the couch to give my body a rest. I still love Snapchat selfies lol

About 30 minutes later Barbara, Helene, Valerie, and I decide to head into town to do a bit of a grocery run, unfortunately we forgot that things close before 6pm-Welcome to St Lucia.

Since Banana Box was closed we turn back around to head to Spar- Valarie needs a few things to make her cilantro for the braai tonight so we pick a few of those things up then head in back to the house, she wasn’t able to get everything for the simple fact that they just don’t sell them *note to self, don’t expect to come to St Lucia, SA and be able to buy a lime or coriander*.

Kim and Valerie are in the kitchen cooking, Helene is in her room talking to her boyfriend, Claudy is on a run, and Barbara and I are just near to pool playing on our phones. Dinner starts soon after 7pm and I’m excited-check out this menu (with the addition of potato salad and coleslaw-neither of which I eat) 

After dinner we play the game that Barbara made, she’s the social butterfly this week and I’m excited to see what this game holds. I forgot the name of it, but basically there are two teams (or you could do more) but basically you roll the dice and then move your pieces along the numbers. On those numbers are options such as acting, description, and drawing- for each action you are timed and it is up to your team to guess what it is you are trying to draw/act/describe. Claudy, Barbara, and Valerie was on one team and me, Kim, and Helene was on the other. We made a deal that the losers of the game had to jump into the pool….well my team lost, so we jumped into the pool lol- I was a good sport. Thank goodness Barbara had a hair dryer!

After I dry my hair the best I can, I shower, chat with My Forever, and then climb into bed to watch some Netflix- Life As We Know It & No Good Deeds was on the list.

3rd Saturday

Instead of the movies making me sleepy they ended up holding my attention- I didn’t fall asleep until 3am, I don’t even know how that happened.

It’s 10:45am, It’s probably a good time to wake up, last night was very hot. I found myself pouring sweat on more than one occasion. You would think that since I was in my most peaceful time my body temperature would be somewhat regulated but nope.

I get out of bed to make it, then I shower and get ready for the day. Of course it’s Saturday and I’m going to Thyme Square, but this time the whole house is going too ☺️! I got the same breakfast I got last time-steak, eggs, tomato. I was happy that other people were with me so that I can see more things on the menu- I think next time I’ll get the flapjack stack, Helene got it and it looks AMAZING!Valerie got some ice cream and a waffle. After brunch we all part our separate ways. Helene and Valerie take a walk to the beach, Kim, Claudy, and Barbara went to the house and I stay back to do some school work in the free wifi and air conditioning and enjoy a vanilla milkshake

4 hours later…

I’m pretty happy with my school work so I decide to go home. It’s a good thing that I arrived when I did because I was very happy to receive a phone call for My Forever and actually have a decent connection to be able to carry out a conversation. We talk for about two hours and during that time I enjoy my time in the pool- my phone case is supposed to be water proof so I’m feeling a bit risky lol. It’s funny to hear about cold whether while I sweat bullets literally everyday.

It’s time for him to make his breakfast and get ready for some business with The Power Initiative so we say our goodbyes. Soon after we hang up I shower to get the pool water off of me than then my mom calls, unfortunately I was trying to get dressed so I asked to call her back- no longer than 2 minutes later the power goes out. 

Barbara, Claudy, Helene and I decide to go out. It’s a very chill night I’m St Lucia so we don’t stay out very long. Thank goodness the break in power didn’t last very long cause I would have not been a happy camper. I go straight to sleep and embrace the next day.

4th Sunday

Today was extremely uneventful, I literally did nothing but school work lol- sorry guys 😘