correspondence

Nilipeleka post card (post kada?) yako jana. Sijui itafika lini (that can't be grammatically correct). Hakuna shida kuhusu kazi yangu, nitaishi (translate: I will survive, my dictionary doesn't have "survive"). But I gotta tell you, having 1,251 pages of reading was not fun, siipenda. Unakaa mama mdogo katika Nairobi? Ni vizuri sana, nimefurahi kwa wewe. Habari ya homestay familia na Nairobi na Mombasa? Una ndugu? Wana miaka mingapi?
Nimesahau kiswahili, ninatake kualia. Ninafikiri kwamba nitahudhuria darasa ya kiswahili katika Seattle over the summer.

Everything is fine and dandy here. I know I should be writing this in Kiswahili but I've got about a million things to do on my to do list and well, time is of the essance. I had the strangest dream last night, I went back to Mombasa with my parents! Very very bizarre. We only had a week and I was freaking out that I wouldn't be able to see everyone. Niko California na kuna mvuaa! It's rather pleasant actually - a break from all that sunshine. How are the students on this Nairobi trip? I'm so happy you're having a good time and I do wish I was there. I made castles in the air about coming back to Kenya soon but I don't know if those will work out. I'm finding more pressing issues are keeping me back here. Sometimes I think I'm just being selfish. How could I let all those kind people just slip out of my life? But then a part of me realizes it's also important to see what I want to do with my life before I can start helping others. I keep thinking of the airline safety warning, "secure your mask before helping others". In any case. I miss you and your common sense advice. My best to all in Nairobi and Mombasa. Will you get to see the Mombasa crew soon?