It's seeming like my internship may be about three months. Hopefully my experience here will just be the beginning of a career in this line of development work. In just over week, I have met so many people from so many different places, each of them with their own unique stories. One lady here from the UK on a two year project was saying how that much time in one place is too long. I know I have only been here a week and change, but I can see why many of them have trouble "settling down".
I already shared the link to my new place. I actually decided to scale it up a little bit and take the bigger apartment for a little under $500.00 USD/month. I felt spoiled doing it, but I needed the space for clothes and makeup. It's a bit lonely in my apt, but I have been hanging out with really cool some mosquitoes and geckos and even snuggled with some bed bugs. I was absolutely ecstatic when the pharmacy actually had allergy medication and ear plugs. I do have cable and internet, though, so I can't complain.
I took the "matatu" to work the other day and was 30 minutes late (though I think I was waiting for it in the wrong place). They ghetto-blast old rap music, keep moving while they let people on and off, and when there is traffic, they drive right around it on the "sidewalk"...all of which you would get cited for at home. Apparently you can go anywhere on a matatu for about $0.60.
Still, I decided I would be better off walking to and from work. It is about 3.5 miles each way and takes me just under an hour. It's been 80 and sunny every day I've been here, so I will continue walking for as long as I can.
That is all for now. Go Bears.
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