thanks

first of all, a million thanks thanks thanks to anyone who sent a donation to my mom for the hiv ngo. already, 3 people sent, and it's such a lot of money when converted...i really appreciate it and feel touched and happy. thanks a lot.

so let's see. yesterday we got really worried because we thought my roomate a was missing. her boyfriend had come by very concerned on sunday night saying her phone was off. but we had all gotten a text that said she'd be in moshi for the week... then he went to moshi and looked everywhere for her, checked her work there and her friends' houses and the hospital because that's where any foreigner would go if something serious happened. so after i spoke to him, we sat around being worried and talking. then sg called mama ukio who's kind of our program's head person here and she said that she had told her that she had a family emergency... so we didn't know what to think. anyways, then her boyfriend contacted the u.s. embassy to see if she had left the country, and to check the hospital in arusha... anyways, he called me this morning and told me he got an email saying she's ok and not to worry. apparently, they had just split up for good the day before. i just saw her online and she told me to make people not worried and that the truth is she's out of the country for a family emergency... so either europe or america i guess.

i leave at 6 am on monday morning to go to zanzibar for a conference for most of the week. i'm dreading it because i'm only going with the ceo and i don't know him very well...oh well. oh, and it'll be soooo boring staying in a hotel room by myself and having absolutely no friends. but that's an experience i guess. and the conference should be interesting. it's an east africa access to justice/legal aid conference and there will be people from lots of countries...i don't know if i have nice enough clothes with me. i hope so. i'm happy that mom sent some skirts with sebby. because with the coldish weather/unpredictable rain , i've been dressing like a garbage woman. hopefully it'll be warm in zanzibar...

then i will get back thursday night- and j and sg's wedding is on friday!

st got tested again and found out that he still has malaria- can you believe it? it seems like it's been a month. also, my swedish friend k has an amoeba stomach problem but now she's feeling better...

i'm happy it'll be warm when i come home. am i coming home soon? i can't decide if it's soon or not.

going to a birthday party at s's for his new girlfriend's birthday tomorrow. it should be fun. she's cooking i think. she's half danish and half tanzanian.

ok. it might be a while before i type again because of the weekend, then conference, then wedding.

lots of love, ganga