Friday, May 27, 2005
Well, all the puppies have found homes now. Whew! They really were cute and fun to play with, but what a bother! Cooking rice for them, moving them indoors whenever it was about to rain, living with their demanding squealing and crying... By the end, Hodie would feed them briefly, then she’d had enough. But the kiddies would chase her and she would do a dance to stay away from them until I let her escape into the house – or wherever else she would be away from the kids. I sure hope I don’t have to go through this again. The vet said she could be spayed in two months. Or, I think there is also an injection that provides birth control for half a year or so at a time, and that should be worth looking into. Cheaper and less traumatic. Chemistry instead of surgery.
But Hodie has been giving me very sad, accusing looks today, and moping around. Ay yi yi. I feel like a heel. Well, not much really, but hey...
The final examinations for the first term begin next week, so this weekend I have to compose their chemistry test. At the last graduation, the speaker became an important benefactor, and gave the school a couple of new computers for the office, a printer and a state of the art photocopier. I help the secretaries with how to Word and the printer, so that gives me privileges in printing some private stuff too. But the main thing is that now I can get my tests printed here at the school instead of going downtown and paying for the copies out of my own pocket.
After the test week is over the school is scheduled to close for a month, mid-June to mid-July. But there is talk that the Form-IV students will stay here during that month so they have more time to study and prepare for their National Exams. I’ve been trying to confirm that, but there are no firm answers. It is all vague maybe’s. If the school is open, I would enjoy helping the students during that time. But if it is really closed, I don’t want to stay here for a month with nothing to do. As it is, I am scheduled to go to Dar es Salaam to assist the Peace Corps with a meeting for incoming volunteers, June 13-15. It would be nice to have an answer, so I could make some plans.
But Hodie has been giving me very sad, accusing looks today, and moping around. Ay yi yi. I feel like a heel. Well, not much really, but hey...
The final examinations for the first term begin next week, so this weekend I have to compose their chemistry test. At the last graduation, the speaker became an important benefactor, and gave the school a couple of new computers for the office, a printer and a state of the art photocopier. I help the secretaries with how to Word and the printer, so that gives me privileges in printing some private stuff too. But the main thing is that now I can get my tests printed here at the school instead of going downtown and paying for the copies out of my own pocket.
After the test week is over the school is scheduled to close for a month, mid-June to mid-July. But there is talk that the Form-IV students will stay here during that month so they have more time to study and prepare for their National Exams. I’ve been trying to confirm that, but there are no firm answers. It is all vague maybe’s. If the school is open, I would enjoy helping the students during that time. But if it is really closed, I don’t want to stay here for a month with nothing to do. As it is, I am scheduled to go to Dar es Salaam to assist the Peace Corps with a meeting for incoming volunteers, June 13-15. It would be nice to have an answer, so I could make some plans.
