Back in Malawi

Well I started thinking about writing this post a while ago.  Wondering what I was going to write about.  I cannot say much for the flight to Malawi.  Having a rather large man on my left and an oblivious African on my right I can only say the flight was quite unpleasant.  But it gave me a lot of time to reflect about life and such.

Getting on the plane leaving for Washington .  I was talking to Araceli at the same time

I remember stopping and laughing in the Ethiopian airport where they had a section marked off for smoking which was open air and seeing a few guys down the way ashing on the floor.

There were really only three things on my mind during my trip back.  The first was how excited I was to see my brothers again.  It had only been 3 weeks but I missed them very much.  The second was exercise.  Being uncomfortable on the flight led me to this.

The last was my fiancé.  Yes, about 2 weeks ago I proposed to my girlfriend.  So now I am engaged and ten thousand miles away from the one I am going to marry.  Well seemingly not an opportune situation but she will be joining me here after our wedding.

So I kept running these 3 things through my mind and finally made it through that flight.

Pulling into Lilongwe airport I recognized Big E's truck in the parking lot so I rushed in and grabbed my bags and before I made it too far out the door he rushed up and greeted me.  It was great to see him.

Waiting at the Ethiopian Airport.......tired

Since I had left the gas prices had gone up twice again and there was a shortage.  So on our way back we were surprised to find a gas station......with gas........and nobody there.  We took advantage of this and stopped and filled up the truck and a container we had in the back.

After making it home I showered and had a nice cold beer.  I went to sleep and woke up today at 8:30.  At first I was shocked by this, being so late in the day but I took it easy on myself seeing that I just traveled the previous day.

I spent the day inventorying the pharmacy as we have a trip coming up at the end of October and would like up-to-date medicine here.

And that was about the day.  Big E and I talked about different plans we have for the future but I took it easy today.

Tomorrow we head out to the villages for mass and then continue on with life as usual.

I do appreciate all the support which I have received from everybody.  Getting e-mails here and there helps a lot and hearing from home does also.

On the 21st of October the Archbishop is celebrating mass in Kalembe so I think I will tag along with Big E to go and have mass out there (probably only 3 hours this time).