Impiskwi with a latrine
Friday, December 10, 2010
Well it had to happen sometime: my first time being sick at site. I mean, I had a cold a while back but I’m talking about the kind of sick where you need a toilet… or in my case, latrine. I woke up in the middle of the night around 3 A.M. feeling nauseous. I didn’t sleep very well from then out and decided I definitely wasn’t going to try to take a bus to Musanze feeling like this. And then there was the diarrhea. I never threw up but I wanted to. So instead of heading to Amy’s like I had originally planned, I stayed in bed all day. Mama Ben’s “Ben” fetched water for me in the morning (since I couldn’t call Odette and didn’t have the strength to go down the hill to her house) and then Mama Ben herself showed up shortly after 1 P.M. She was so sweet and asked if there was anything she could do. I finally agreed to let her buy me some bread later in the evening since I hadn’t eaten all day. Though I wasn’t yet hungry, I figured it would be good to eat something today. She came back with the bread and in the time she was out I bathed and made myself igikoma (porridge of mixed sorghum, soy, and corn flours). I was feeling better and told Mama Ben I could go to the wedding tomorrow. That’s onl7y because I found out this afternoon that we have a CHF training from Sunday evening until Friday in Musanze. I feel a little guilty for agreeing to go to this training since I do nothing for CHF anymore, but I just couldn’t resist a hot shower, good food, and some extra cash.
