residual effects of blue/green sea enjoys a full tummy

in the pics: my friend Kat making bread, and pizza. it was yummy.

4/15
Ahhh…full tummy (beef soup with rice—soupo povi ma alaisa), and tara. A cool shower after riding my bike to the top of the mountain. I went to help with reading class for primary school kids, but only 10 showed up. We usually have about 35 or 40. so it was cancelled. I said i can’t usually count on samoans to do anything for me, and jane said “where did the pessimism come from?” no pessimism, just what I’ve experienced and observed.


4/14
A good day: sports day at Peace chapel: touch rugby, soccer, netball, apply bobbing, a hike up a mountain in apia, and then a yummy spaghetti/cheese/avocado/cucumber dinner with wine and friends.


4/11
I went to the beach on my side of the island today with my friends Kat and Richard. As the car came out of the jungle and I saw the beach fales and blue/green sea stretching as far as I could see, I wondered if it really was real. I’ve been in samoa for 17 months, and it still doesn’t feel real.being in a place like this. I tried to let the water bump me up and down and absorb it’s essence. I’m not here that much longer.


4/10
Negative residual effects..aahhhhh the “I didn’t use my credit card for a while so Bank America issued me a new one” episode is still not solved. And BofA also cancelled my checking account. So I get to try and open a new one from Samoa—with my mom’s help. I appreciate her helping. Before I left, I gave her power of attorney, but she can’t open my accounts without my calling and signing papers. Big deal, power of attorney. Means give them more money, huh…? I think I want to get my skype account going.

Today is Good Friday. It’s good because it’s raining, which makes it cooler. It’s not so good because I’m still fighting this head/nose/throat cold that I got last weekend after having wet shorts on for too long.