Monday, June 16th, 2008

Nothing too crazy planned today. I thought I’d take this week pretty chill and reorient myself to my surroundings because the vibe in Narraville, Walvis Bay, Namibia is so not like Edmonton. Very small town chill if you know what I mean.

I washed up and decided to walk to Tania & Theo’s house, which is just around the corner from Garth’s. Both Garth and Theo were working so Tania & I got to spend some quality time together catching up on our lives. I also got to meet my godson face-to-face for the very first time!! His name is Valentino, Theo & Tania’s toddler. oOooo… he turns two this Friday so I must look for a cool present for him. =) Heehee… we spent some time digging through and showing off the souvenirs I got for the Cooksons. ‘Tino loved his shirt so much, he simply refused to take it off! He looked so cute in the T (which currently looks like a dress on him, but he’ll grow into it)! ;-)

Then Tania and I just walked around Narraville and visited some friends of hers here and there. It was a laid back afternoon of meeting new acquaintances. At some point during our excursion however, I was suddenly overcome with sleep. Must’ve been jet lag, but I thought I had already adjusted fine. Apparently not. I returned home for a nap.

OOOOO HEY! I got an African cell number today too! That happened after my nap and before Aunty Jocelyn & I went to pick up Garth from work. My digits are +264813859152… numbers that make no sense at all, but whatevs, it’s only temporary anyway. Or if you wanna call from Canada (ahem ahem… this is FYI for my family), just add 011 at the beginning of the number. So yeah… feel free to text me! It would be nice to hear from you all! I love getting texts out of the blue. It makes me feel connected with my Canadian peeps. *hint hint* ;-)

Later that night, Garth & I drove out to Swakopmund again. He, Theo, Tiophilia & Ailly had a rehearsal with Mr. Berins & his wife. This was for the musical coming up in September. The musical is a story about a stone mason who wants to be things that he’s not, hence the title “Wannabe.” From what I’ve seen of the rehearsal so far, this show looks very promising. Too dern bad I’m not gonna be here to see it yo! That just sucks! The show will take place in the first week of September in Windhoek. Sigh… at that time I’ll be preoccupied with my first week of teaching!!! Like real teaching in a classroom with kids! AY CARAMBA! Kinda nervous about that, but I will always try to have a good time with it. Otay… tangent. Anyway, I can’t wait to see more of the musical rehearsals, since that’ll be the only taste of it that I’ll get. Even more exciting, I can’t wait to see all my MasKoko peeps again!!! WEEE!