I've been kissed....By a Nyamuk!

Otherwise known as a mosquito. I was asleep in bed minding my own business probably having a nice dream, and the damn thing bit me right in the lip. I awoke in the middle of the night with a slightly sore lip, then I looked in the mirror and it looked like I had undertaken 10 rounds with a heavy weight boxer, my lower lip was so swollen I could not speak. So in true Rachel style instead of worrying about this I went back to bed. Next morning I woken up and the swelling had already gone down by half. Good job, as I looked very stupid.

Well my life is very exciting at the moment as I am borrowing the house of the other volunteers in Ruteng whilst they are on holiday. As a result I spend very few hours awake. Yesterday I woke at 10am went back to bed at 1pm got up again at 3pm and then went to bed at 8.30pm. I try to make it all the way to 9pm but that is proving really difficult.

I was also an hour late for work this morning, but noone seemed to mind. (Saying that I did work over the weekend and officially today is official holiday in Indonesia) however makes more sense for me to work as VSO are visiting for their first monitoring visit next week and all the reports need to be completed. Fits in nicely, as any days I should not have worked I can take around Christmas and have a nice long holiday. Then I am truly going to be letting my hair down.

Went to a communion party last week in Bajawa, which was very good fun. Plenty of drink was consumed and I learnt some Indonesian dancing, also really good to catch up with some f the other volunteers. I would love to say I have loads to say but at the moment life is pretty normal. Well I think it was always like this, it is just when you are new to it all it all seems so new. However in the next or two I will try and thin of some exciting things to write about. I hope everyone is well.