Grandma's Journal 10/23/08

Today is Thursday and it was my favorite day in Africa. It was because of the weather. It was cloudy which brought the temperature down to around 76. It was very humid, and at that temperature I love the humidity. It was simply beautiful to look at and beautiful to feel. After lunch I took Grandpa to work so that I could have the car. Tuesdays and Thursdays a group of us women play MahJong. (Suzanne had to teach me). It really fun to play, but it's more about getting together as women really. There is me, the American; Suzanne, the Australian (but getting her US Citizenship when she gets back and living in Arizona); Sadna, the Eastern Indian with her red dot and henna tatoos, etc; and Dagma who is from South Africa. We have cookies and tea, coffee or hot chocolate (me). We all get along well and laugh a lot. The three of them do spinning at the gym four mornings a week. I haven't started that yet! Of course I'm older than all of them. It is very nice to have some companionship rather than just staying home alone all day. Of course I have sort of a relationship with my Guard Sarah, which none of them have. Sarah and I laugh a lot together. Her 9 mo old son has Malaria right now, but has medicine and is getting better every day. I'm so glad.