added more to my construction resume…septic tank/drain field installation! Martha and I worked on installing the pipes and gravel for the first one, then moved to the second which is completely “our baby” :S
John, Tsabo and two other of the “boys” (since John is about 30, the term hardly seems fair…) did the hard work of digging, although I did manage to move a few shovels full myself J
It was a tad challenging-the trenches from the tank to the field had been dug at what would seem to me rather sharper angles than would be called for-and were fairly long. Anyway-the net result was that we extended the pipes from the tank and had to have the boys do a fair amount of digging to expand the drain field. Hopefully tomorrow before 2 we’ll be able to lay the pipe, pour the gravel-and maybe (hopefully) cover the whole mess with dirt and seed it.
After work I went for a walk up the trail outside the school-toward the hills, although I wasn’t planning to head up. Three girls caught up with me and announced they were going to go with me. We had a nice walk, they of course wanted lots of pictures, which I indulged them with-(boy do I have some work to do on technique!!) On the way back we ran into a boy they knew, who pulled out his camera phone to take a picture of me (but wouldn’t let me take one of him). However…his phone was a RAZR, when I asked about where I might buy a charger, since mine wasn’t working, he offered to lend it to me JJ. He promised to bring it by tonight, which he did-so now I’m all charged and hopefully will be able to find a charger either at the airport or on Monday after the safari. Barring that I guess I’ll rent a phone-not really my first choice…
At dinner Rome asked for feedback on the project, everyone had good comments, also discussed whether she might do another and if so where it would be. It sounds like she’d stick with doing something for Holy Names nuns-which had options of Haiti, Peru and Bolivia. As much as I’d like to do something in Haiti, I’m not sure I’d feel comfortable there. We’ll see-it sounds like it would be two years anyway. I did ask her about the Leribe Craft Center-since tomorrow is really our only shot at doing something “outside”, and she suggested that perhaps we would break off work at 2 tomorrow J and go to the craft center. Keepingwhat my fingers crossed. It would be fun to be able to carry messages for Wendy-and also leave some money in the community, rather than leaving it all in South Africa…
Had dish duty today-I ended up deciding that we’re close enough to camping that I’m not going to worry too much about less than perfect!
Tops on today’s memories-the boys singing their way back behind Martha, then singing/dancing in front of the workrooms. I’m so glad I got the camera J
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