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Nairobi - Mombasa - Nairobi
By Harmony | August 17, 2009 | 12:08 pm
Well, I’ve officially been out of site for three weeks now. When I left, I thought I’d be gone only four days. Funny how things rarely go as planned here. I went to Nairobi to witness swearing in of the new volunteers and to help with an auction, and ended up staying an additional week for medical reasons. Then I took a bus to Mombasa and spent another week there for a Peace Corps conference. Then I traveled back to Nairobi for more medical. And this is apparently where I’ll be for another two weeks.
I’m okay, there is nothing to worry about. I think I strained my shoulder a few months ago, and the pain just never went away. The orthopedic surgeon didn’t seem to concerned with the films, and simply prescribed me some meds and two weeks of physical therapy.
In other news, the conference was great. I really enjoyed the venue (Severin Sea Lodge in Mombasa) and the food was awesome. I filled up on all the vegetables and protein I’ve been lacking all these months. The sessions were also interesting, and I especially liked our day of Open Space Technology sessions, which allowed for open dialogue between Kenyans and Americans without the usual formality or rigidity of a meeting agenda or faclilitation. All in all, it was a pleasant week, with lots of relaxing and catching up with friends.
Now, I’m battling moments of frantic work with extreme boredom. I’m trying to coordinate the next GAD meeting (in less than two weeks!!!) and work out the final kinks on a poster that my counterpart will be presenting during a conference she’s attending on the island of Réunion next week. All from my hotel room. In my downtime, I hope to do something productive. Perhaps I’ll have a chance to see a movie at the cineplex or go to a museum. That would be fun!