I was just writing an email to a friend telling her that today was our first 'do nothing' day. Even a do nothing day is an adventure. After a lazy morning of reading, Terry took me on a beautiful run through our neighbourhood. We were on tiny little streets (paths really) passing homes with children playing. Running with the sound of little kids giggling and running along behind and beside you is such a neat feeling. Many people we passed gave us smiles and were shouting encouragement -- Keep it up, Keep going, always with a few 'mizungus' thrown in. I got lots of laughs and "oh, you are tired" as I struggled to keep up with Terry.
A young man joined us on the run wearing worn out flip flops, pants and a fleece pullover. He ran along side Terry up and down steep hills for probably 20 minutes out and back to his shop.
It was definitely a struggle as I am still getting used to the altitude here (we are at around 4,000ft above sea level), hills are steep and breathing is difficult. Not to mention the heat. But it is well worth it. I'm a bit of a chicken still and don't like Terry to get too far ahead of me. We were speaking to Alinda this morning and she told us that a young mizungu woman who stayed here used to hire a Kenyan to run with her. I may try that so as not to hold Terry up too often.
Last night we had the most intense rain, wind, thunder and lightening I have ever seen. Terry was out at 'movie and pizza night' at Sheywey guest house... Cody and I were too tired. When the power went out, Cody and I watched the lightening light up the hillside. It is even more beautiful in silouette. We were thankful to have brought head lamps with us. The power was only out a short time. We had a good sleep and the town feels fresher from the rain. There is some activity in the sky today, so will not be surprised if we have another storm tonight.
Seems I have donated my favourite pants... I left a pair out on the line to dry yesterday and they are no where to be found today. It's hard to be too upset about it.
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