Too long again...

Hiya,

I am going to try and keep it short, even though it has been about 3 weeks!

Work is going really well. I am quite busy and we finally have internet in the office, so I am not short of entertainment between work! We lost one patient a week ago, which was terribly distressing, especially telling the poor family. She was HIV positive, but based on her counts, she should have been fine. Alas, she wasn't. At least she passed away in comfort and not of AIDS, suffering fistula, ostracised by her community. Still, it wasn't nice.

The weekends have been awesome. It is like a mini holiday every time. I love it. Saturdays, we hang around Freetown and Sundays, we head to one of the beaches. By Sunday night, we fall asleep at 8. You feel like a new person after the weekend. Completely relaxed. I am loving my life here.

Lisa is doing well. She has a new boyfriend, who seems to be lovely. We still see a lot of each other, especially on the weekends. She is hating her work, but hopes to find something new soon. I hope she does too. It is a terrible NGO. Disgraceful.

I had a small run-on with the house boy 2 weeks back, when I found photos on my camera of him masturbating in my room when I wasn't there. He is 16, an ex-rebel and a bit dusturbed. Anyway, I was pretty upset and he was sacked. A week later, the neighbours appealed to my boss and her husband and they took him back. Danny has replaced my lock, but I still feel really horrid when I am at home. I ran into him the other day and he gave me this knowing grin. I almost knocked his block off. Luckily I spend most nights of the week with The gorgeous Boy, so I needn't worry too much. It is just the nights when I have to go home that I hate, like tonight.

Danny has moved into Tommy's compound, which is entirely beautiful. In a town with not much in the way of gardens, he has beautiful land with massive banana, frangipani and mango trees. It is actually more like a park. We sometimes go up and sit with Tommy and have a beer and I swear it is like being back with my grandfather in Cairns. Bizarrely strong association. Danny's place is really sweet, but pretty small, we are doing our best to keep it clean and relatively tidy. I think we are about the same in our levels of tidiness, so I am don't feel too bad. I will try to take some photos of the gardens soon.

Anyway, I will get some photos up now.
Take care all xox