Yesterday when I got to school the teachers asked me if I would go with the group of music performers and represent the female teachers of Ggaba Dem. I said sure! I asked when we were leaving, they said 9:00. That was in about 15 minutes. I decided to walk down to the market and get a bottle of water since I have learned events like this can become long. I rushed down and back within my allotted 15 minutes.
I wait.
We all wait.
I go with the teachers for tea at 10:30.
We wait some more. Competition starts at 10:30.
Ohhhhh taxi comes! It is 11:30. We cram 30 kids, some costumes, 2 teachers, a conductor and a driver into the 15 seat van. We get to the school, very excited, start preparing as the taxi goes back to get more students. We wait for them. Finally we perform, the kids do well! It is a program for music, songs, and dances about malaria. We came in second place!! Out of two schools....
On the ride back I was smart and snagged a seat in the first taxi trip again. While we waited for the bus to load, I was talking to the driver. He asked if I was a teacher. I told him yes, he was shocked and told me I was too young! Then I asked him how his day went. He told me, "there was no blood". I took that as a good sign and climbed on in.
Tomorrow I am going for some sort of a sports day... We will see how that goes!
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