The second attack.

Sun 7.25.10

I woke up and my left thumb muscles were sore for some reason.  I went to the bathroom to brush my teeth and pulled up my sleeves and discovered a red inflamed left thumb muscles along my palm and a trail of tail-like inflammation along my inner wrist and forearm.  I kinda freaked out.  HOW?  I wore long sleeves while watching harry potter and I slept in my cocoon bed.  You know I washed my sheets and zapped all the living room couches. Must I need to wear gloves?  And always on the left hand?  I walked over to Paula and Denny’s and inquired about the infection.  Denny thinks it’s probably a spider or scorpion bite. Eek!  The strange appearance along my forearm was just inflammation of my lymph nodes.  I was advised to take Amoxicilin and Benadryl and to monitor the inflamed lymph nodes.  It cleared in a couple of days.

After church, we planned to go to Malika (another hotel with an infinity pool), but it was cloudy and rained lightly for the first time.  Instead, we ended up going into town to a vegetarian pizzeria with really good pizzas.  Have I mentioned how much I love Stoney Tangawizi’s?

Afterwards, Natalie, Deidre, and I decided to explore the city.  We started walking south of the post office along Nasser Road, where people were enjoying their Sunday afternoon along the lake and Bismarck Rock.  Farther along the road, we started on an ascent of exploration.   The winding road upwards lead us to a cliff with a beautiful sunset view of Lake Victoria.  On the other side of this ascent was a small village.  A little girl comes running towards us and with a huge smile, she asks us to take her picture.  We took her picture on the top of the rock (one of my favorite pictures) and said our goodbyes for our descent down.  But before I left, I ran back to her and decided to give her my twiga (giraffe) silly band bracelet.  I knew these would be good for something.  With a shy smile, she accepted.

We took the Daladala back home and had our usual dinner at Lucy’s!  We finished the night with the projection of The Lion King. J