Try jumping rope for an hour when you haven’t done it since elementary school. I awoke at 6 am to do just that. It’s not the same as running, but it is great aerobic exercise - and will be better when I stop getting tangled up in the rope every 5 jumps or so!
During the day, Kate mentioned that the female goat of the pair of goats was pregnant and due at any time. The goat had arrived pregnant, but had aborted twice, so everyone was concerned about this pregnancy.
The big commitment of the day was to go into Nairobi to meet with a lawyer, Nancy Shikuku, about some labor issues we’re dealing with. We left here at 1pm for a 2:30 meeting expecting bad traffic but arrived at 1:45 pm. We had to wait a while, but it was a good meeting when it finally happened. Nancy was very helpful and now we know better how to proceed. Kenyan labor law is very interesting and seems to be quite favorable to the workers.
When we got back to Hekima Place, Kate fixed us a quick dinner of chicken in a nice sauce over noodles, a little relief from ugali and greens. After dinner at 7 pm I was back in the dining hall with my little group of math students. This night they had homework, so we worked through their homework together. I hope I was some help to them! They seem to have particular trouble with word problems. I suppose that’s not surprising since English is their third language after their tribal language and swahili.
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