Jan. 31, 2007
Shopping and a Baby Delivery and a Zenair ...
 On Thursday we went to Mafinga. Memere dropped Papere, Twalisa and I off in the town with a list of things to buy. She had to go to get work done on her car. So Papere were in town and didn't know where many things were. We somehow managed to find a little store that had some of our needed items. Then we went to the food market. It was stinky and I breathed through my mouth. Flies swarmed over the fruit and there were a couple of piles of tiny dead fish. I had seen some in Lupalilo, just not so many! We tried to find the bakery. I was pulling Twalisa along and carrying a bag of groceries. Twalisa said she had to find a bathroom, but where does one find one? We just kept walking. We did find the bakery. We bought some bread wrapped in newspaper. The problem was there were no bags. I carried the bread and Papere carried the bags. Twalisa was hanging onto my skirt and in this condition we walked to Ezekiel's house! It really wasn't too far. We left the stuff there, used their facilities and left again because Papere needed to use the internet cafe. We had been invited for supper at April's house. It was almost time for us to be there and then past time and Memere had not come to pick us up. She was having a hard time at the mechanic shop. Finally Memere got there and we drove to Kibidula. We were late but we ate some very good food. April and I played uno for a little bit, but her brother messed it up so she put him to bed. While she was gone Memere asked me if I wanted to go with her to see what was happening in the delivery room. Mary Beth, April's mom, is a mid-wife. I was excited. They said we could go back to the house and they would blow a whistle when it drew close to the time the baby would be born. We went to the house and got a cup of water for the mother. We also got the game and a flashlight. Back in the room we tried to play the game but found it very hard to concentrate. At 9:10 the baby came and I got to watch. Memere helped. I was really glad I was there. The next day Uncle Jason, a pilot, took us in the airplane. There were no doors on the plane and only two seats. It's called a Zenair. We flew for about 5 to 10 minutes each over Kibidula. I really enjoyed that ride. |
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