yesterday was the most absolutely frustrating day of heat i have ever experienced! i'm pretty sure it got up to 100 and all the while i was trying to read about the formation of gametes in the testes. i pretty much just ended up sleeping on my bio book in the hiddingh library. today is supposed to get cooler and even rain! thank the heavens! and the rainy season starts soon as well. i don't care if people say it's unpleasant; i'm pumped for it.
this past weekend i went camping with uct's student y. it was really great! i made new friends and got into the word and made stick bread and hung out inside the whale. it is fantastic how easy they make it to feel welcomed not only into the organization but also in the country.
shawco is going awesomely and rather than dreading my fridays because they're long, i've really come to look forward to them because of the kids. they're just so immediately enthusiastic and affectionate and you can tell they have so much love to give. i am happy to be able to receive it! well that is, except for when they try to pull my nose ring out.
i am in the process of planning fall break right now. a few of my friends and i are probably going to rent a car and spend a few days driving the garden route. we'll most likely stay overnight at backpacker hostels and i am trying to make a bungee jump happen along the way- in the world's highest jump! dun dun dunnn. but hey, i'm here so how can i NOT do it. and isn't spending a semester abroad all about taking risks and doing outlandish things?
oh and also, since my last post, i had one of the best days OF MY LIFE. last saturday i hit up old biscuit mill, the greatest food market in all the world. i ate some of the best food i've ever had and browsed around in a bead store which is pretty much what i envision heaven to look like. then we went to kirstenbosch gardens for the soweto gospel choir concert. before the music started we read and listened to music and met a lovely couple named poppa dave and deborah who invited us to their country home for a weekend. the concert completely blew my mind. and we danced in the front the whole time. afterwards, we ran through the gardens to a hidden oasis and drank from it. i'm pretty sure that's the water everyone drinks in cape town to make them so beautiful. on our way out of the gardens we played games with students we met. then we walked home. yeah. walked. the whole hour and a half. the day ended with pizza, a tiny bit of studying, pearl harbor, and peace train playing on the way home. MAGIC. well i've got to get to class but hopefully i can keep this updated more frequently from now on. if red button ever gets their stuff together and fixes my internet! grrr!
miss all of you back home!
<3 jamie
