Lazy is not so lazy actually

Hello hello! So this is actually going to be very quick as I'm already over my time limit...BUT all is well and here's the news: I am staying at Lazy for another week or so and for the past week I've been apprenticing in the kitchen. Yep it's true I'm being trained as a Tanzanian sous chef! It's a really long day and a lot of work but it's also nice because I actually feel like I'm accomplishing something. So they haven't given up on me as a chef yet. I will be heading to Ruaha or another one of the camps in mid to late September. The other day Joshua and I made passionfruit sponge cake. I had to literally beg and bribe him that it would work (which of course was a lie since I've never made it before in my life) but it was exquisite! My other triumph was making bread pudding with a orange custard sauce for 12. Let's see, I have a whole list of funny anecdotes and poignant stories to share with you all but sadly I never seem to have both time and internet access simultaneously! Know though, that I love hearing from all of you and your emails brighten my day...when I finally get them. I continue to dream anti-malaria drug induced technicolor dreams on occasion, and have recently had one particularly special night which included a bat whizzing around me as I was awkwardly preoccupied in the bathroom. Next I was awakened by screaming. Then by the search party to find the source of the screaming. And finally a flock of guinea fowl going through their own morning ablutions. Guinea fowl are the most noisy, stupid, and downright irritating creatures on the island. Imagine the sound of a creaky water pump, now amplify it and multiply it by eight. There you have our flock of guinea fowl. Combine the guinea fowl with the barking dogs chasing them and the eternal dog and cat wars waged daily in the dining room, and dog induced sand crab genocide, we have quite the animal war zone. And, I'm not even in Ruaha yet! Alright I must away or I won't be able to afford anything after today. I hope you are all well and I miss you all!
Love,
Sara