- a $1 IOU to anyone who can tell me the origin and author of the title quote.
Well, friends my goal of blogging regularly has already been strained, but I broke away from Easter Festivities to do a little typing. We were playing spades.
A couple eventful days in Nairobi and then on the 8th of April, 2009, I reentered Sudan more than 15 months after departing previously. 15 months is a little to long for rest and relaxation and I am truly happy to be here. However there are a few slight irritants I had forgotten about since I left. Of note:
1) Roosters who start their day at 3am.
2) Not being able to sleep anyways because it is so hot.
3) Flies.
4) The uncanny ability for your things to disappear as if by magic.
Community life on our compounds is a struggle I relish. I'm especially grateful to back at Kauda in the Nuba Mountains which was my most frequent home on my last stint in Sudan. I have more friends remaining than I had expected and also some great new guys are here. In the next couple of days I hope to reconnect with some of my Sudanese friends who live a few hours from this compound.
Easter activities so far have included a sunrise service on top of the "mountain" behind our compound, a breakfast of eggs, potatoes and bacon, volleyball in a temperate 95degrees, rook, and some quality conversations with some of the guys. A couple Russian UN police are friends with my Uzbek brother Sergey and have been over making us a Russian meal for this evening. A very nice holiday over all.
