BBQ in Kenya? Guarenteed Sun?

Nooooooo.

I've been to two barbeques this week, neither or which had sun. Admittedly the first one was held in the evening and so the only people braving the 'cold' and mosquitoes outside were those who had drunk enough to not to care, but the second one was yesterday and it poured with rain, in the middle of the dry season, just as we all arrived. BUT that was compensated by the amazing view from this guy's garden, which sloped down towards Lake Nakuru, and so you could see the lake with lots of mountains and dramatic clouds and tiny flamingoes in the distance.

Both barbeques were really nice as all the volunteers came, and we usually only manage to all get together once a week or so. We had lots of very very tasty food, but yesterday was a little sad as we were saying goodbye to our friend Mark, who's been here since September and is leaving tomorrow. However, the afternoon and evening were still extremely fun, with lots of silly eye makeup being put on everyone (including the guys) before we went out to Summit, and the attempted kidnap of a goat was also very funny (but sadly unsuccessful. I have to admit I had quite a large part in this part of the evening and spent a substantial amount of time running around with no shoes on trying to free the goat, singled out to be eaten the next today, and named 'Planty' by myself and Ben).

School this week has been amazing; I'm back to teaching my own class, who are all lovely and all rush to give me high-fives before I go home, but we're also taking Standard 3 for P.E. everyday, which is lovely. I got very attached to some of the lovely kids in Standard 3 and so we spend lots of time playing with them at break, and skipping and playing games in P.E. is a really nice way to still see them each day :) I also taught my first art lesson, as requested specifically by Standard 7 (who are all brilliant and well behaved and quite like friends rather than pupils), about faces and how to draw them. I was quite nervous beforehand, and wished that I could have a radio (and that the school had electricity for a radio...) to make it a really nice relaxed art lesson like I always had, but I really enjoyed it.