I've had a few requests to post something about what my daily life is like here... so I thought I'd fill you in .. things are fairly slow moving at the mo as the feeding project i'm organising is in the set up phase .. in a few weeks things might be a bit more manic...
I tend to wake up about 6.30, now I'm getting used to my tent i could manage to sleep in a bit longer but much past 7 it gets a bit hot inside the tent. So I'm off for a bucket shower .. usually the water is nice and cold in the mornings and I may even get to shiver with the breeze from the river which pleasing when i am usually hot and sweaty all day. Breakfast is usually flat bread with peanut butter (I don't need to feel guilty about eating it every day) We have team "devotion time" (singing, someone shares from the bible, then praying) at 8.
After that its time to start work .. I usually weigh, and assess any nutrition patients first thing... some come daily, some weekly and sort out the plan for the day in terms of feeding them ... then I mix up the milk. Last week I recuited 2 assistants so they will be doing a lot of the milk making from now on... and I won't have to stay around all day to make up 3 hourly feeds.
After that its generally off to the office tent to check emails and respond, and do some of the admin tasks related to the feeding programme set up. The rest of the day may vary .. maybe assessing new patients referred due to malnutrition in the clinic, training my assistants or once in a while visiting one of the surrounding villages with someone else from the team.
I need a bit of a sietsta at lunch time ... and so afternoon work goes on til about 6 .. then I try to relax near the river for a bit with a book or my Ipod .. before it gets dark at 7 ... then maybe some emailing .. dinnner at 8 then bed ...
Not always exciting !! seem to spend lots of time on the computer... and lots of time in our compound, I think in a few weeks time that should change and I should be out and about a bit more. Will post again soon x
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