Letters From War

News from Kenya - -and Things I'm Missing!

i've taken over 300 pictures...they're pretty funny.
I'm getting my hair braided on the 17th. woohoo! (i'm almost out of shampoo!)

can i cook sukuma wiki (like greens), kachumbari (like pico de gallo, but without the peppers) and chapati (like fat tortillias) at thanksgiving? they're good!!! ya'll will love them!

That j-poff kid is going to do something big with his life-I'm so proud of him.

what I'm missing (it's random...so just bear with me.)

cheese
couches
hip-hop music
english
internet whenever i want it
pizza
cell phones
cell phone service
a real bed
washer and dryer
spaghetti
starbucks
ice
family
chocolate cake with fudge icing
cold milk
paved roads
driving
cars (not cows
donkeys and chickens)
mexican food
big bacon classic from wendy's
mushrooms
ice cream
diet coke
plastic bottles for soda
tap water that doesn't taste like rust
fish or blood
cooking
electricity
pop and retta's fireplace
my house
my tall uniform shoes
pants
carpet
sandwiches
cold food
ranch dressing
rainy cold weather
american movies (not nigerian ones)
adidas shoes
perfume
running water
dry cleaners
kimberly
high school students
closed showers
real toilets (not holes in the ground)
brewed coffee (not instant)
iced tea
U of A blanket
camp HOH
NLR corps and the surrounding neighborhood
grocery stores
walmart
walgreens
chick fil a
AOL instant messenger
walking the roads with people
not animals
mardel's
real batteries
not being overcharged for things just because i'm white
country accents
american music
typing
gum and breathmints
strawberry milk
ozark mountains
leftovers
wearing socks around the house
my german medic bag
planning a schedule and sticking to it
my laptop (Henryetta)
driving to ATL
not watching WWF if I don't want to.

... and that's what i'm missing! (crazy, i know) but yeah...L.G. life's good.


I'm back to the states in 14 days! WooHoo!

posted by Jamie @ 6:42 AM