That's something you don't see every day...

Well yesterday was quite interesting. I called a taxi and headed into town to get some supplies for my last class. My taxi driver talked to me about Kenyan politics for most of the ride, explaining how most Kenyan’s will “die with their education” because even if they complete school there are no jobs. Once I got into town I went to make copies of some HIV/AIDS awareness posters for the girls to bring home to their communities. Turns out the power was out and so I had to wait around for a few hours until it came back.
I had planned on meeting Daraja’s school nurse (Jacinta) at Cottage hospital where she works when she isn’t out at Daraja. I’m going to be interning there over the next 4 weeks while the girls are away. I took a boda boda (a motorcycle taxi) out to the hospital which was pretty terrifying (no helmet!) Once I got to the hospital I was told that I had to wait for an hour or two because Jacinta was “in the theater”. I had no clue what that meant, but I waited anyway. Turns out the theater is the operating room, and she was working in there because a 73 year old American woman was attacked by a lion at a nearby conservancy. When that mess was finished I met with the hospitals only doctor and planned when I would be able to work. Somehow Jacinta was convinced I was a nurse (EMTs don’t exist out here so I don’t think she understood). I tried to explain that I definitely wasn’t a nurse and they should not just turn me loose in a hospital!
After Jacinta got off we went to her house (on hospital property) and I met her two sons. One of them is 15 years old and Autistic. He wasn’t diagnosed until a few years ago, and he is absolutely wonderful. A family friend stopped by with her son and he wouldn’t even come inside the house because he was so afraid of the scary white man sitting on the couch (me). When they finally got him inside he warmed up a bit but was curious because he had never seen a white person before.
I am staying up at Jason's house tonight because Tusker (of goat leg fame) is really sick. I just had to sing him Amazing Grace to get him to eat a scrambled egg. Tomorrow I am bringing 3 girls to get tested and then will bring more girls spread out through the week. Friday they go home - boo!