Sunday, March 12, 2006

Up at 0530 for a morning run. Felt like a 50 year old heavy smoker at the start and started to feel like a fit runner by the end. Another orgy of cleaning. This time the living room. Stuffed ourselves over lunch at Fiona's (another Awassa VSO vol). Just as the cleaning finished, a VSO vol from Arba Minch arrived to stay. She's here for a workshop at Awassa College and the room she was supposed to have at Pinna Hotel was no longer available. After Bruno left we were looking forward to some space to settle in. Having somebody dropped on us at the last moment was awkward and tested my tolerance, but had a nice evening improvising candle holders out of plastic bottles (prompted by a brief blackout). Oh yes, there has been no water from mid-afternoon. Some people have to live without running water all the time. Perhaps a taste of life without water on demand is good for us. Hmmm.