Monday-Thursday, during which we get to work in the clinic!

I would like to dedicate this entry to Dr. Hamstra because he commented on my blog and that’s awesome.
Also, who is Milton?
Anyway. Monday morning, we had no water to shower, which was sad, but Dr. Gemechu sent Tesfeye to come get us to go DO STUFF! We went to the clinic, where the nurses were doing some health education. We listened to them educate in Amharic and Oromo, then I helped Ado take blood pressures. There was this one guy and his paper said he was 66. I did not believe that, so I pointed it out. Turns out we had the wrong paper haha. We get to go back to the clinic every morning now. Sweet. I worked on the powerpoint for class after lunch, and then went to class. Oh, I love 2A. They really seemed to understand. After class, we were waiting for Estifanos (previously referred to as “Stefanos,” but he spells his name Estifanos) to call us to go PLAY SOCCER. We were really excited. And since we have so many leftovers, we are not cooking all week. They ended up playing FULL COURT (ick) but I somehow ended up as goalie (Samson left to go play defense, then they came back toward our goal so I filled in). Meskerem and Mek’des and Harmela (I have her in one of my classes) and Estifanos and China and some other little girl were there too, and they helped me guard the goal. I stink, even with 6 other people to help me. We wrote stuff in the dirt (they helped me spell things in Amharic) and we played with a stick China had. It was really really fun. I was still having fun and stuff when everyone else decided it was too dark and quit for the night. Haha and Estifanos told me at the end to “shut up.” I told him not to say that, but he said it again so I grabbed his face (just to have him look at me, not hard or anything) and made him apologize. He said it again to Anisha, and she did the same thing and told him not to say it and made him apologize again. That boy needs some discipline. Guess what we had for dinner?? Injeraaaaaaaaaa! Same as lunch!
On Tuesday, we worked in the clinic again. I folded the outpatient forms (CRH nurses, if you read this, they had SOAP on them and they felt familiar since I copied them down so much :-)), then we sorted all of the medications for the pharmacy. After lunch, I made a slideshow for 2B (that would be simpler for them than the one I made for 2A). Class went alright. It is quite frustrating when they do not understand “Ronald is Hannah’s father. Hannah is Ronald’s ________?” I have to figure out a way to help them understand the correlation. At least the teacher stayed and could help explain. There was another teacher who came to observe, and he was also helpful. At the end he suggested that I use Amharic names instead. While part of the point was for them to become familiar with American names, guess what 3rd grade is doing today (Wednesday)? (At least until I think they understand…) Soccer was fun (duh). In the beginning, Anisha and I were one goalie, and we were playing with some little balls with Estifanos and Tamu (basically keep-away, Anisha and Tamu vs Estifanos and I). After I played for a little while, I ended up leaving the game (full court again, ick) and playing the same keep-away game, but this time it was Meskerem, me, and the nanny, Wobenesh, against Tamu, Estifanos, and Samuel. So much fun. I went inside early to try to use up some of the fresh produce we bought (not fully understanding how many leftovers we would have) before it went bad. I invented something. It had potatoes, tomatoes, green peppers, onions, garlic, and it was pretty good. Anisha fell on a rock and got a bloody knee. Her knee attracts trouble. Yikes, Anisha wants me to cut her hair tomorrow. I felt more comfortable on the other end of the scissors with Amanda. Oh well. After dinner, we cut garlic. For three hours. And still did not finish.
Wednesday: We worked on inventory in the clinic again. It was fun to know how to draw some (or parts of some) from Organic Chemistry. Boy, I miss school. Back to the house for lunch, then I changed the powerpoint to Amharic names and chopped some more garlic. Class went really well for the most part. They understood the Amharic name powerpoint, and wanted to do the English name one, so we started that. They were excited to hear that tomorrow we would do my family. Afterward, we were supposed to have a Pathfinder meeting to practice “Jesus Loves Me” in ASL, but only like six people showed up. Then Nehemiah and Ruth and Samson had to go study (the 8th graders have to study after school), so it was like, four kids and the three of us practicing. Emmanuel was somewhere else, Kibret was picking stuff up for the Camporee, and Girma was driving sick Bereket home. Those are most of the adults in Pathfinders. Anisha had a rough day in class. Almost no kids were there, and those who were were super disruptive and rude. Soccer was fun, even though I wiped out. I ended up rolling somehow, and I landed on my hands and chin. I always land on the weirdest body parts (Cyrano—landed on my hips, thanks Kveton). Supper was… leftovers! We watched “Summer of the Monkeys,” which I had already seen, but it was still the best Family Film we have watched. LKFj;l ;l there’s a spider on the floor but it ran away when I went to get a shoe. Oh goodie…. I found him. Bye bye. I have failed miserably in writing more for an audience. Sorry peoples. And hi, Meredith and Curtis, who I found out are following my blog! What more do you know about your baby? Bed time!
Thursday: Pretty much the same as yesterday. Inventory, leftovers, class. Ooooh and I did my family and they totally liked learning about my family. They thought Jeffrey was a girl sometimes, though, and that Grandma was a boy. Oh well. Mostly successful. I have to do more powerpoint. We had a lot of fresh produce going bad still (molding potatoes) so we made potato chips and Laura Lynne. Cameron said he falls in love with Laura Lynne more and more each time we eat it. The school has only a half day tomorrow, so people can set up for the Pathfinder Camporee.