Ugh. When it hits Friday and you find yourself saying "Ugh," you know it's been rough.
Monday I became sick with what a doctor diagnosed in about 8 seconds as pharyngitis: a nasty sore throat that left me with a fever, dizziness and a headache. I was a little worried it could have been Rift Valley Fever, which last broke out in 1997, but has claimed more than a hundred lives in the past three months. (CDC says 32 cases have been reported by MOH. Funny 'cause the local media has gone way past that figure!)
(Incidentally, RVF's been mostly centered in the far north-eastern part of the country... which is actually near Halako's home of Hola. Check out this map: Hola's half way between Garissa and Garsen.) Clarification: RVF has been mostly centered in Garissa, which is near Halako's home, Hola.
Tuesday, Halako and I found ourselves hiding under our bed, convinced that our apartment complex was being ransacked. Turned out it was a couple of thieves who stole a phone and purse. They just made so much noise, we began imagining gangsters with AK-47s.
Today I ran around town trying to get some last minute information for a web site that we're creating. Didn't really succeed in much of anything except getting my phone stolen. In the scramble to squeeze on the bus that heads down Ngong Road, I barely made it to my seat. A quick check of my pocket showed that my phone didn't.
At least it wasn't the wallet with IDs and credit cards. (I've been meaning to not carry all my valuables in my wallet, but somehow circumstances made me put them all together and I just forget to separate them all over again.)
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Are you better now? Sounds like a scary week. I'm glad you're okay.
(when's Halako going to post?)
LB
yeah, i'm doing better, though two days after i wrote that post, some con artists stole halako's phone and 900 shillings.
also halako wrote a post about a month ago... wrote it all in swahili. when i tried to begin translating it, i accidentally erased the whole thing!
(naturally she wasn't very happy to see all that time wasted.)
i'll bug her to post some time this week....
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