And now Taylor...

First things first, Eric DH knows how to fix the Starship Enterprise. He knows how to fix a FICTIONAL spaceship. I learned this from Callie in the Airport. This knowledge has made my life so much better. Second, Spencer is learning to censor himself. This is a major development because he has never censored himself before. These have been the 2 most important events on the trip so far for me. But in all seriousness I am very excited to be in Kenya. The most noticable difference between America and Kenya is the silence. We are in a city and the only noise I heard at night was Spencer snoring. Other than that it was completely silent. Oh and I also have to wear non-jammy pants for the first time in quite some time. I know, its crazy.

The second day in Kenya we drove for most of the day. Ellen DH told us that we would be disappointed about the bumpiness of the roads. She tricked us. There was a part where I was thrown into the ceiling of the van. Of course, not everyonewas bothered by bumps. Brian is a sleeping master that would rival Dan Archibald. He slept through the worst part of it. His head was like a bobblehead toy. Don't worry, there's a picture taken by Anne.

We stopped for lunch midway through the day. The food was cheap and tasty. I got a T bone steak just so I could prove that I was an American tourist. In my defense though,the only thing that was really something that we wouldn't have was mbuzi and that is goat. I don't think I want to be eating an animal that eats everything. But that's just me.

During the last couple hours of the ride Callie started to play music out of my extra loud headphones.That in itself is not a big deal but then she started singing along. And for a couple songs I did too. I am pretty sure that everyone was VERY entertained by it. (We sang The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything).

We got to the IU house and introduced ourselves to new people and found out where we were staying. Nothing particularly humorous happened after that. So day 2 is done.

Day 3
Spencer wakes me up at 8 15. We were supposed to leave at 9. I still had to eat breakfast. Luckily we're on Kenya time so I was fine. We went to the hospital and basically did rounds. Not a fun time for me.

After that though we got to play with little kids for about an hour. There was one kid named Charles. I want, no, I need my kids to be like this kid. He spent the majority of the time just looking aloof on his tricycle. But then, Anne let him put on her sunglasses. There was a complete transformation. I don't really know how to describe the smile on his face, but I'll try. It was the look that you give to people who you KNOW you're better than but you still want to impress them. He gave the look a king gives to his subjects. He gave the look that you make when you just aced a test without studying at all. He gave the look that I wish I could give all the time. He only had the look while the glasses were on which made it so much better.

After that we had wonderous chicken for lunch. Then we went to a women's shelter. There were a lot of cute kids that we played with there. There was a kid named Brian who was just fantastic. He jumped into every single picture that anyone would take. A man after my own heart. We came to the house to do some work on it. We cleaned the walls with turpintine and painted them. Turpintine has strong fumes, as does paint. I cleaned the walls and then spent a while painting the top parts of the wall. Oh look, there's a dragon. He's talking to me. I think I should go lay down. He agrees.