mock results

 

A lazy long weekend, food, frisbee and company. We had a  braai and I spent most of it cooking while the rain fell hard around me. I was unsurprised by the amount of chicken cooked and consumed but that's what happens when your guest list is expat and Malawian. Very few vegetarians to worry about. 

Because we didn't have face to face school last week, that meant a busy week, with parents evening, life skills day, whole school meetings and more. It has been an odd week. Feeling like lots and nothing happening at the same time. Ria set off on the Tuesday and we had peace once more. BigA appears to have filled his week with coffee station antics and sport, and work and more work, me with not quite bringing myself to apply for more jobs, having had another couple of rejections.  

But work was its usual mix of lovely students, kind staff and some annoying ones. One of the highlights was no doubt the talent show. The atmosphere was so supportive. I am always impressed by this level of kindness and as we do more and more post COVID I see the younger ones buying into this culture. 

Perhaps the biggest moment of the week was the yr11 mock results ceremony. Seeing my little girl sit as anxiously as the rest, and then being so happy with her results was something not many parents get to be part of. She did really well, improving her biology grade as well as others. We are very proud of her and happily she is rightly proud of herself too. We went out for a celebratory lunch at Jungle Pepper pizza, happily my bank card worked as BigA left his at a cash machine in the week and still doesn't have a new one. We filled up the tank of our land cruiser which we have back but still spews black smoke when the engine is turned on. If really brings home the change in cost of living here at these moments. It's a big tank but paying way over £100 to fill it feels of a place that is going to suffer do much more soon, more than it already is.

 We had planned to get the vaccine at school yesterday but, understandably the DoH had sent the vaccines to areas that needed it more. Good. I've been told that there is a shortage of the cholera vaccine in the UK. I'm hoping that means it's being sent here. I'm not holding my breath. 

I had checked if I was ok to take it. It's a live one. As is sadly usual, a fake news report had gone around to say that you couldn't leave the country without a cholera vaccine certificate. It would be great to think that Malawi took this so seriously, but no. So onto the weekend, it's not raining right now but the threat is in the air, but I plan on a swim if it clears up enough today. I really should do a bit more exercise.