Back in Tsumeb!

Thanks for your prayers; I made it back to Tsumeb in record time!! I hiked with another volunteer going to Ondangwa (north of Tsumeb) and we got a ride within 5 minutes of arriving at the hike point. This was a relief because it was freezing cold outside! The guy who picked us up turned out to be an extremely fast driver, going up to 200 km/h at times! Fortunately we arrived safely in Tsumeb and as an added bonus it only took 3 hours (usually 4-5)! That one ride went all the way so we didn't have to get out and hike again on the way. I got back before noon on Saturday so I had most of the weekend to relax and recuperate. Dylan was waiting for me with open arms, a clean house, and ready to bake cookie dough, so it was a pretty awesome homecoming. =)

Although it was not fun to wake up before 6am this morning for school, now that I'm here and awake I'm glad to be back. This is definitely the least stressed I've felt at school in the past month! I'm hoping it lasts and I don't get all caught up in getting things done again. That's the hardest part of my Americanness to let go of - using all my time to efficiently get things done. Really good lesson to learn for Africa. Getting things done is important, but not the number one priority. So I'm really trying to slow down and spend some time sitting around with the other teachers and not panicking about getting this photo-copied or that marked or this printed, etc. Hopefully things will still get done somehow...