Man, I am so out of touch!
I know that it’s been a while since we’ve posted anything on here. I’m sorry. Life just has this way of getting out of control. I’ve also noticed that I go through spurts. I’m either really good at responding to emails and write nothing here or I write a lot here and become really bad at responding to emails.
Of course I really don’t know where to start. To me it’s just life as usual here so I never know what I should be sharing with you all. My biggest project lately has been writing an annual report for PMTCT and Routine HIV Testing. Let me tell you just what a gigantic undertaking that all is. I’ve basically been working on it since April and will hopefully be finished by the end of this month. (I absolutely have to be done by the end of the month, because it’s also the end of the first quarter for the next fiscal year so I need to move on!) In the report I analyze all the major indicators for PMTCT for the whole district, then by region and on an individual facility level. We have almost 30 facilities in the district so that’s a huge project in itself. I also go through “writing moods.” Sometimes I’m really into writing and I just cruise along making a lot of progress. Then I get moody and start beating myself up for all the reporting problems I didn’t catch through the year. Or I’m angry at the fact that people just don’t know how to fill out the monthly report form when it’s really not that difficult. (Do people turn off their brain when they fill out the reports?) Then I feel like, why am I doing all this work? Does anybody really care? Needless to say when I’m moody I don’t get a lot of writing done. Anyway, the annual reports will be done by the end of the month and then I’m going to forget them.
The weather has been sooo cold the last few weeks. It started in May and really hasn’t let up since. Last winter was so mild that it was only really cold for a few days. I swear that we’ve had more cold days this year already than we had last year combined and we’re not even in the coldest month yet. To make it worse our bedroom is naturally about 10 degrees colder than the rest of the house. It’s great in summer but not so great when it’s already cold. If anything the cold makes you extremely grateful for electricity because at least we have a space heater that keeps one room warm and electric water heater for warm baths.
I’ve been knitting like crazy the last few weeks. I found this green yarn in my “craft drawer” that I brought to make a hat but my needles were not long enough to cast on enough stitches. I was going to have longer needles sent, but I’m impatient and decided just to make a scarf instead. I’ll have to post a picture of it. The biggest thing that I’m proud of is that in the pattern it had just a plain end but I improvised and added fringe. I know, not a big deal but I was proud. I’ve ordered some more yarn online to make a hat. I’m really excited for it to arrive.
Okay, I think that’s enough for today. More coming soon, I promise!
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