Monday, May 21, 2012

May 15th


Yesterday I finally received a call from the Mufumbwe Boma Hospital! Hurray! They wanted me to arrive at the hospital at 8 am for a tour. Having decided to hitch to the Boma this morning and not the night before I woke up at 530 to be on the side of the road by dawn; this was not the best decision I could have made. I waited for 3 hours before even seeing my first car and it was going in the wrong direction. I finally made it to the hospital by 1100, which in Zambia time I actually was early. I had a short meeting with the Chief Nursing Officer who told me I should come back at 1400 for a tour. !400 turned into tomorrow morning at 0800. It was all ok since I got to have an egg sandwich at the only “restaurant” in town. The term restaurant is used loosely because it is just a kitchen with a single stove that some lady makes 3 different dishes a day that sit on the counter all day in buffet warming trays.  I didn’t care though it was bread and eggs I will gladly pay the consequences later, but so far so good. My digestive system appears to be functioning normally.

I had my first encounter cooking rape today, horrible name but delicious green leafy vegetable. It is a cross between swiss chard and kale.  I think my body is happy for a change from the massive amount of cabbage I have been consuming.

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