christmas with TWO captains!
January 2011
the first half of december was full of traveling, partly for work and part for fun. i had a conference to attend in the capital, but then went with some friends of mine to the northern lakeshore for yet another wedding. the best part of this wedding was when a certain song was playing, the translator said this was for those who want to give the couple marriage advice. apparently that meant us. however, the three of us single women in our thirties looked at each other and started laughing…”we got nothin’!”
so i was eager to just be home in zomba for the holidays for my own tradition something i call “christmas with the Cap’n” (as in Captain Morgan). well i was approached by an expat friend of mine who needed a house and dog sitter for the week while she and her family went on holiday to cape town. the 2-year-old rottweiler apparently won’t eat unless he has human company. who could say no to that?! what sealed the deal? his name is…Captain. so yes this year it was a christmas with 2 captains!
the family said it was ok if i had some other volunteers over during the week, mostly because none of us had anywhere else to go. so we relished in this real world house complete with wash machine and waffle maker. (needless to say, we had breakfast for christmas dinner.) funny how you forget what real life is like with such inventions! it was a nice break from the life we volunteers lead. we ate, drank, and were merry all week. we even watched “tv” via a computer and projector, so the best christmas present was being all caught up on gLee!
new years was quiet, just me and the dog – we were both asleep well before midnight. got back to my house on saturday and cleaned up a bit…starting to clean out drawers in preparation for moving out someday soon. not much time left now, about 4 months to go!
HAPPY, HEALTHY, & PROSPEROUS 2011 TO ALL! and best of all you will get to see me again, so it WILL be a good year 
