Wednesday 27 January It feels like sleep hates me. I does seems to be my life in summer though. We get up early and get ready to leave. We get petrol on the way. We need almost all of the time. The gate is opened for us at the dentist and we park. A black car swishes into place beside us and a group of Asian people get out. We wait in the car while Malcolm goes in. We drive to the markets and start looking through the large displays for clothes and shoes and ac...

Tuesday 26 January There is a heavy fog in my head. It's driving me crazy. I think it's a summer thing. Summer always seems to affect me badly. Maybe that's why I like winter. We have smoothies and I start printing out some of the school resources. Another lady comes to use the computer for her course work so in relegated to my bed. Malcolm comes back from putting up hooks and clothesline. Hannah gets a call from the contractor so we head over to the house to ...

Monday 25 January I took some melatonin but I didn't sleep as well as I'd have liked. Malcolm goes with the man learning to drive to deliver the kids to school. I cook fresh beans and toast for breakfast. I end up giving Malcolm the toast because he's in a rush again. To leave to look for drill bits. I start sorting through my documents and organising them into folders. Hannah hasn't been feeling well so stayed in bed a bit longer and spoke to her family. Arran...

Sunday 24 January A new day, but not much planned. I do some washing. Malcolm cooks pancakes for breakfast. The day guard comes, but Hannah ends up taking him home because he was bitten by some of the bees from the downed tree and his face swelled up. Hannah has some study to do and I do the dishes. I try unsuccessfully to nap. The lady comes to wash and iron cloth and later the lady comes for a check in who prepares the lunches for the school. After a thunders...

The sabbath morning wake up: the diligent guard raking the stones. The morning passes in a blur. Malcolm listens to a sermon. After lunch we go through the lesson and remember childhoods past. Then an afternoon nap. I wake sweltering and out the fan on. Then we wander through the village on dried muddy roads and talk to some Massi children herding goats sheep and cows. The large moon rises quickly over the hills. For some reason today seems like a good day to be ...