Just a quickie because I ran out of Internet minutes over the weekend and was only able to buy a $5 worth for the night, which gives me about 35 MB of data (including uploading and downloading). Have I mentioned that I hate Lesotho internet?!
Anyway, I have a few pieces of big news!
First, I have a house!!! Omigosh, and it’s beautiful! It will have hard wood floors by the time I move in, as well as AC and heating units in the main rooms, plus a fireplace in the living room. It also has a fountain in the front yard. Pictures soon! Which reminds me, I owe you pictures of my new car, Whitney, too.
Second, I’m taking my first intra-country flight tomorrow. Hopping on a small prop plane to a “faraway” district called Qacha’s Nek. That ‘Q’ is actually a click. Which means I can’t quite say the name of the district properly. Even after a month of Sesotho lessons. Just wait til I can post pictures!
Third, I’ve discovered the furniture in Maseru is awful. That’s not so much news as it is just a piece of random information, I suppose. Tried to find a bed and simple, classy bed frame today. No luck. I mean, NO LUCK. It’s as though people here can only decorate with gigantic, overly dramatic, cheesy and heavy pieces that look as though they belong in your Aunt Norma’s worst nightmare of a house. I wanted so badly to support the local Lesotho economy by purchasing local but I’m not sacrificing the daily aesthetic of my home for the next two years of my life for the cause. Besides, they import all their stuff from South Africa anyway.
Gotta run — need time for one episode of Prison Break before sleeping beneath my new down comforter.
