braids!

I have braids!!!!! I think they are pretty awesome! haha So let me describe to you the setting of how I got my hair done. I was sitting on the dusty ground on top of a rice sack, sitting at the feet of this sweet African lady, who of coarse only speaks Swahili. There were chickens running around clucking away, her laundry blowing in the breeze as it was hanging to dry, and there were goats bleating in the background. I sat there for four hours! I have to say, I drew quite a crowd. You see, its not everyday you see a Mzungu, white person, getting their hair done. So there were other ladies, or Mama's, standing around me just chatting and laughing, I couldn't understand a word they said, but I know they were talking about me. Little kids gathered around playing in the dirt, singing their songs, laughing at eachother. My friend, about half way through this adventure, brought me my lunch! I bet you will never guess what I ate. It is called chips mai yai.Which is french fries cooked with eggs. It is oh so tasty, and oh so extremely greasy. but what was the most exciting part? It was  the fact that I ate this with only my hands out of a black plastic bag with my hair dangling over my face. Life is good.I find so many reasons to smile.