No news today. I just feel compelled to write something so as to not lose the interest of our faithful readers. I have been slacking a bit, but intend to keep this thing up to date as much as possible. Got to go back to the trasportation office today, waited another 2 hours, but got in and our Pajero passed its registration test!!! Thank God. The man in front of me had a car he had just purchased and from a simple test, told him his car failed and he needed to replace the shocks. He waited 2 hours as well , and has to do it in 7 days.
I am amazed at the patience of people here. They wait all day for something. Michelle commented on how the children at the clinic will sit quietly for hours at the clinic to be seen, after travelling 3hours to get to Gaborone. In the heat of the day they will pull up a rock and sit under a tree to wait for hours for God knows what.
A couple observances about living here. ...
1. don't eat a hamburger, they're bad.. really bad and the ketchup is tomato sauce with lots and lots of sugar. Plus they ground the meat with the bone(that's store bought ground beef).
2. I am the only stay at home father in this country and for that matter the only one that would push the stroller.
3. Jude is a stud
4. If you plan on anything getting accomplished , think weeks , not hours.
5. Service men show up completely out of the blue to do work on your house. If you aren't there, you'll have to wait when they feel like coming again.
6. The people here are strikingly beautiful.
7. It's going to get really hot
8. Saying "Dumela Rra and Dumela Mma" to everyone to see while trying to run 4 miles is exhausting.
9. Americans need to learn more languages. Everyone here is bilingual, from the maids and road crew workers to government officials.
I think that's all for now. We are heading (as stated a few days ago) to Pilanesberg National Park. Here's where we're staying... http://www.goldenleopard.co.za/bakgatlaresort.htm . We've arranged to have our own chalet for 2 nights. We'll be taking in the Big 5 on game drives during the day, and having a few "sundowners" while the kids frolic in the pool. Yeah, right. We'll be chasing Jude and Franny around all night long.
Tomorrow is Jacob's B-day.. He's 12.. Unbelievable.
