Still workshopping!

Still workshopping, and still wearing one or two or 12 hats on this compound. I get a bit frazzled sometimes because there's simply too many things going on at one time sometimes! Thankfully, no one's life is on the line (generally speaking), so it's not as if something truly terrible is going to happen if I happen to let something slip out of my brain at any given moment. But it is nice to keep things straight and to be able to have 5 different conversations at once and work on 6 different projects at once, without getting too tense. For a place where time isn't supposed to really be a priority, I was feeling quite a lot of time pressure this afternoon to get everything done that needed to get done!

But I managed. And I don't think I got too upset with people in the process of it all. At least, I hope I didn't sound too impatient with folks when they were asking me questions!

I had quite a nice little foray into the market this afternoon, as well. It was the first time in quite a number of weeks that I've actually been to the market, which is unusual for me, since I normally go at least once a week! It's great because if you don't go very often, everything changes! There were new little "shops" sprouted up everywhere, selling all sorts of things. In the fabric aisle, there's a lovely new 'accessories' shop, as well as a new tailor shop, which looks a step up from some of the other tailors who have their sewing machines set up in the middle of the "aisles"!

The market really is quite a sight to behold. I enjoy the "buzz" of it all - the hustle and the bustle and the constant change! So it was great to have a little while to wander around, just looking at stuff while my friends shopped for fabric (I'm waiting till I get to Tanzania until I buy more fabric!!). But wow, it was humid today! I was one drippy girl by the end of the excursion. My little sweat rag, which I use to mop the sweat from my brow (yes, it's perfectly normal and acceptable for a woman to carry a little hanky, or even a washcloth, around to mop the sweat from her brow!) was soaked by the end of the trip! Ah, but that's life in Jbs.

I went out with some friends for dinner tonight (to have a break from all this workshopping - I had to go out with non-work friends!), and we had such a great time telling each other our favourite Jb stories - all the crazy, unpredictable and odd situations we've found ourselves in! There's no shortage of crazy situations to laugh at around here! I only wish I could write them all down... but I wouldn't want to incriminate the innocent (or make you all start to worry about me!!).