8:30am - Devotion & prayer with colleagues… all in Swahili

9:00am - We notice the voltage in the office has dropped from 230V down to 190V.  In case you’re wondering… that’s not good

9:45am - I bring 2 envelopes home that came from NC.  Best contents from them in my eyes… hand towels and grits!  Thanks y’all.

10:00am - I head for the post office hoping the Tanzania Revenue Authority (customs guy) is there during his posted business hours

11:15am - Still waiting on the customs guy

12:00pm - leave the post office with my packages from Dana’s parents after paying absolutely no duties on them.  Woohoo.

12:05pm - Ship an 80lb box of vehicle coil springs nearly halfway across the country.  Negotiate the price down to 14,000/= TZ Shillings or about $11.70USD.  Not too bad.  I even got a waybill number.

12:30pm - eat lunch with my family and explain to our house help that we’re picking her up full-time, M-F each week.  She dances in the kitchen while waving both hands in the air thanking the Lord.  We’re good employers.

1:45pm - Working back at the office when a colleague informs me some of the power lines next to the office are melting.  Hmmm… interesting…

4:45pm - I head home and have to pass a blazing fire in my normal walking commute path. Happy to have my camera phone…

Evening - dinner, crying baby, happy baby, crying baby, happy baby, cup of tea, finish a book, post a blog entry, head for bed. Nimechoka sana. (I’m really tired.)