Diani Beach

This weekend 8 girls from Nairobi came to visit! We rented a cottage for the eqivalent of $3.50 a night and it was gorgeous! We had a pool, hot showers, an oven, and a fridge. We spent most of the weekend at 40 theives and Diani Beach. There was a charity event going on just down the beach at the Sea Lodge, called Diani Rules. It basically a giant party with the profits from booze going to charity. So we went both friday and saturday. It was a lot of fun. We met up with some british volunteers on saturday, and they came with us to the sea lodge. We also went snorkelling on saturday, it wasnt nearly as good as the first time I went, but I paid $2 this time as opposed to $60 last time. We went out on this sketchy boat and Jo stepped on a sea urchin. Then saturday night, I went swimming at like 3 am, and I stepped on like 10 million sea urchins. I was picking them out sunday morning, and the pool boy came to help me. It was good times. I have the worst tan lines in kenya. People actually stop and stare. I like it cause its proof that I am darker than I once was.

And now, I have a cold. I'm quite surprised that its taken me this long to get sick while living with no running water and working in a clinic. The other day we were sooo close to delivering a baby. She was fully dilated but the head wouldn't come down, so she ended up having to go to a larger hospital. Linn and I bought the baby a little outfit, and bought the lady some chocolate and water while she was in labour. She said if it was a baby girl she was going to name it after me, and if it was a boy she was going to name it after linn's dad. It was a boy. I bet Emmanuel, another nurse 20 shillings that it would be a girl. lol, so i'm in debt 20 shillings now. Linn and I basically run the child immunization clinic in the morning, then go for lunch, and then after lunch we are in labour and delivery, or HIV/AIDS counselling, or in the lab where there are tests for HIV, malaria or typhoid fever. Today is a public holiday, so we are off. I think we are heading to the beach!

kwaheri! LOVE