I left my village the first week of December and headed to the capital for in-service training with the rest of my group. We had meetings and workshops for 9 days about teaching, camps, clubs, and living in Malawi. It was really nice to be back together with the whole group. After IST I decided to go back to Kasungu and visit the host family I stayed with during training. Appropriately, I saw them on the 6 month anniversary of our coming to Malawi. Can you believe it's been 6 months! Two years is going to fly by. After Kasungu, I travelled with a few friends to a beautiful lodge on lake Malawi where we camped for a few nights, ate delicious food, saw monkeys, and painted some pottery.
Next on my journey, I headed to a friends house on the northern lakeshore where I spent Christmas with 6 other friends from my group. We made cinnamon rolls for breakfast and opened presents around our tree made from a mosquito net. The others were complaining that it wasn't snowing, but for me the hot weather made it feel a little like home. I missed the big family parties and spending time with everyone, but my Christmas here was still fun and I'm glad I got to spend it with friends. And at the lake :)
New Year's Eve I spent with a big group at Palm Beach! (Not in Florida. I wish it was) I went on a sunset booze cruise where we ran aground 3 times, saw some more hippos, and someone almost drowned. Everything turned out ok though and we all had a ton of fun.
And now I'm back in Mulanje. It's nice to be home and sleep in a real bed! Today is the first day of term two so now I'm just writing lessons and preparing for a great term!
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