Last Full Day

The hourglass spills its sand if only to punish you...



On Saturday MB and I decided that Salome would come over to the house on Sunday to plait my hair. Then Wendy wanted to come, so I told the girls to speak to MB about it. She told them that if any one else were to go, it would be Sha because she was supposed to plait Erica's hair before she left, but Erica didn't have enough time. So MB told the girls that if it was ok with me, all three of them could come over.

They came to me and told me that MB said that they could all come. That was fine with me, but I felt bad about all the other kids. They all kept asking me if those girls were coming, and I just told them I didn't know what would happen, and that they should talk to Mary.

So Sunday morning MB arrives at the house at a quarter to 9 with Salome. Only Salome. Apparently Sha and Wendy were waiting at Salome's house with Salome for MB, and a woman named Auntie Maggie (who used to be a social worker at the BNC) drove by. She stopped the car and told the girls that she needed help finding Lisa, Wendy's cousin, at the single's quarters. This is a place in Katutura with a bunch of shebeens and shacks where prostitute work.

Wendy and Sha agreed, but Salome said, "no way I'm waiting for Mary". A few minutes later MB arrived, and took Salome to the house, not worrying about Wendy and Sha not being there because they made a decision to leave and now they had to suffer the consequences.

So Salome started plaiting my hair, and girls showed up at the gate. Salome checked, thinking it was Sha and Wendy but it was Sanet and Meroldi, who had spent their money on a taxi ride to our house. I gave them gum and told them to go home, that it wasn't fair that they were there when the girls who were actually invited weren't.

Salome was also really upset that they showed up. Ten minutes later, Sha and Wendy arrived. Auntie Maggie had driven them to the house. I let them in, and gave Meroldi and Sanet taxi money to go home. Sanet gave me a hug, but Meroldi wouldn't even look me in the eye.

The girls came inside and told me about what happened. They went to singles quarters to look for Lisa (who is 15 years old) and found her sleeping in bed with an older man. They took her home and then came straight to MB's house.

Anyway, the girls continued plaiting my hair. One would plait while the one listened to my ipod and the other wrote on my blog. My hair was done after about an hour. We left the house and went into town. I needed to finish up my shopping. First we went to the book store in the mall, and then outside to where the crafts are sold. I bought some things, and then Wendy sounded nervous and said lets go, and as we were walking away she told us that the men were looking at us funny, and that she thought something was wring. Then one of the mall security guards came over and told us that the men wanted to take our bags. He escorted us on to Independence Avenue, and told us to keep our eyes open.

Then we went to the Bushman store and another souvenir store, and ten I took the girls out to lunch at Wimpy, which is basically a fast food place, only a bit nicer. I asked the girls if they knew of McDonald's , and they didn't! Can you believe that??!!

After lunch we went back to the house and played games until MB returned and took the girls home.

Later last night we had a good bye party for Ilga and me and for MB's friend Angela. Taura, Nangula, Cynthia, Brian, Shiva, and some other people came. It was soooo fun. Lets just say we were really giddy....

It was hard saying good bye to everyone, but when I put it in perspective, I am so glad I came, and I am happy that I had the experiences I had.

:)