Monday, May 11, 2009

A New Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom's out there!!!! Especially my own loving Mother.

I'm back from Midterm Conference and heading back to my village today. I'm glad that's over with and now I can offically begin my 2nd year as a PCV. It's not that I'm surprised I made it this long, but the time has just gone so fast.

I'm trying to gather some black dolls for my community because I see entirely too many little Zambian girls carrying white dolls around and I don't feel that it's good for their self-esteem. So, if you want to donate an old or used black doll to my community you're more than welcome to do so. I'll be home in July and will be gathering them then.

Love ya and TTYL,

Kim

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

1 year down, 1 to go!!!

Hey peeps, how are you? I'm in Lusaka for Midterm Conference which means getting more vaccines and checking in with my supervisor...and of course seeing all the other volunteers. I finally got my last dosage of Hepatitis A and B, plus a flu shot (you know swine flu kills) and a TB test. I can say that all those shots hurt like heck! You know I'm not a fan of innoculations, but it's all in the name of development, so what can I do? But, I'm healthy so it's no big deal.

We took a permaculture workshop and I'm really inspired to try it out in my village. It's a new way of gardening which is very labor intensive in the beginning, but after the initial work it's free sailing!!! I will let you know how it goes.

Love ya,

Kim