November 2, Moved from Site

So, today Joel came in a PC car to pick Hannah, Glenn, and me up. I stopped and got two packages from the post-office in Lushoto, and then we headed to Mlola. It started down-pouring on our way, which made the road quite muddy. Fortunately it didn't rain very hard in Mlola, so putting my stuff in the car went well. More importantly, we were able to get in and out without any car issues or breakdowns. Success!

Glenn packed up Brittany's house (which is on the way to mine) and Hannah helped me pack up mine. It only took me 40 minutes to get everything together with her help, so that was really good! I didn't have a chance to say goodbye to my students and no teachers were around, but I did say goodbye to Anjelina. She gave me 10,000 kisses and a khanga, which was sweet. We told them I was going to the "hospital" since PC has a policy against saying it's a "security issue" when leaving a site. The real reason I'm not going back is because of what happened to my mkuu--but I guess that's on a need-to-know basis.

I managed to take most of my things with me in the car. I gave my charcoal jiko and charcoal to a teacher at the primary school next-door. I also offered up my 200,000 shilling mattress and bed frame to my mkuu or Anjelina, or whoever wants it. Same goes for that coffee table I had made, and the big water tubs I have outside of my house. Kind of a shame, but I suppose it's all just stuff! It was a little weird emotionally to leave my site forever. It went better than I thought though, so I'm thankful for that. And Hannah really did make things easier for me, so I'm happy that they had her come with me!

Glenn made small-talk fun while he was in the car, and we had some good laughs, which lightened the mood of the day. Plus, I had a fun evening watching Nat-Geo with Glenn, Hannah, Riah, and Bill. AND we walked into town to get things like water and money, which was good for my legs, albeit not for my tiredness.

I am headed to Dar tomorrow at 7:00 (so...probably 8:00 in TZ time) in the morning. I'm currently listening to the new Mumford album--so good! I'm happy to be going back to Dar. I think it will be nice to be at Leah's house and to see how that crew has been doing, and I also get to chill with Ezra tomorrow!

I'm hoping this week I will show some signs of progress health-wise! (Please, body, please!) It's hard to stay peppy when my body isn't cooperating with me, but I am working hard to keep my optimism up. I'm being realistic about the seriousness of things, but also staying hopeful, and I think that's a good balance. Or...I hope so anyway. I was told my probiotics might take a little bit to kick in... I sincerely hope they start helping me out soon!