7:45 – Wakeup, put on pants, and go to kitchen. Put water in
kettle and press button, no light turns on. Shit, there’s no power
8:15 – Laptop screen goes dark, then computer goes into
sleep mode, I probably should have charged it yesterday
8:20 – Try light switch, still no power
8:49 – Send text to Dylan “Do you have power?”
8:50 – Receive text from Dylan “Nope. Should be on in a few
hours”
9:35 – Try light switch, still no power
9:36 – Try different light switch, just in case. Still no
power
10:10 – Get tired of reading inside, move to hammock
10:15 – Get tired of reading outside, move back inside
10:55 – Go to visit Vena and family at their house, sit
outside and watch clouds
11:00 – Sit outside and watch clouds
11:20 – Sit outside and watch clouds
11:40 – Sit outside and watch clouds
12:00 – Sit outside and watch clouds
12:10 – “Sam, when is your birthday?” “July 3rd”
“You should invite all of your pretty students to your party” “Umm, ok”
12:20 – Sit outside and watch clouds
12:40 – Sit outside and watch clouds
13:00 - Sit outside and watch clouds
13:15 – Lunch is ready. Cove and Xima. Yumm
14:10 - Lunch is done. Go home, check power. Still nothing
14:30 – Go to visit co-worker Freitas at his home, not
there. He’s at his bar
14:40 – Find Freitas at his bar, drink warm beer with him
and his friend
16:10 – Start talking to parents on cellphone. Good thing I
charged it.
16:40 – End talking to parents, with plenty of battery to
spare. Skillz
16:41 – Check both light switches, still nothing.
16:55 – Go outside to watch sunset, which is particularly
beautiful. Take Picture
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16:55 – Arrive at Dylan’s house, light charcoal stove for
dinner.
17:20 – Add more charcoal
17:25 – See neighbor has lights on, run inside to check. Still
nothing. Well aren’t they chique with their generator at all.
17:40 - Add more charcoal
18:00 - Add more charcoal
18:15 – Dinner’s ready. Egg fried rice and
chocolate-covered-pancakecake. Double Yumm
18:22 – Hear noise from outside, go to investigate.
18:23 – Loud cheering from all the neighborhood children and
booming Mozambiquean pop hits indicate one thing: power’s back on!
18:39 – Power’s back off
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This past week was the 6 months anniversary of when I actually started my Peace Corps service here in
Alto Molocue. In commemoration of this milestone, I’ve used the wondrous powers
of Picasa to make this collage of important people, places, moments, and things
that have defined the first quarter of my service.
Dear Sam; you rock my metaphorical socks. Seriously.
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