Those two dreaded words struck again.
Power Cut.
We had managed nearly two weeks without an evening of darkness but 5 minutes into planet earth and the power went. Luckily only a 20 minute delay, and even more fortunate was the appearance of hundreds of penguins, as planet earth did ‘Ice Worlds’.
I do indeed have a small obsession with penguins, they are indeed a great animal. I did only bring out 5 with me.
Today we headed off to work in heavy mist and with heavy eyes. I was leading the school morning prayers / assembly and had to speak on a passage in John which was a bit sparse on material, especially when your audience only understands basic words. This was shown by the readers’ wonderful faux pas that went unnoticed by all. She read ‘Jesus the Rabbi’ as ‘Jesus the Rabbit’. We muddled through.
My day seemed long, and the clock took ages to reach home time. I headed over to the garden, planted some seeds and then headed home. The clinic was busy with patients and so Armorel stayed on and helped. The ward is now in full flow and Armorel has created a great little nurses station with all the information you would need. Even I now know the early warning signs for patients and the correct dosage of quinine given IV for different age groups.
Armorel arrived home around six and we sat in the dark, no power, trying to read our books. The power came on in time for dinner and a game of scrabble. For some reason being in the southern hemisphere has even turned logic upside down. Armorel won again.
And no, winning a game is not one of my aims!
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