Internal organs have terrible timing

In keeping with my body's tendency to stage revolts at important moments - see Mysterious African Fever and Underwear Based Head-Gear and The Good News Is, I'm PROBABLY Not Dying for my body's spectacular ability to generate inexplicable ailments during crucial stages of the well project - my gallbladder has had all it can take and it can't take no more. It will be making a break for freedom on Thursday (if not earlier via emergency surgery), and until then I'm unable to eat anything but rice cakes, which is not ideal blogging fuel. HOWEVER, we had an EXCELLENT board meeting this morning where we addressed various upcoming projects, including our partnership with the gorgeous and talented Bethan to install a water filtration system at the orphanage and hospital - very exciting, more on that to come - as well as our progress in getting Stevie, Ericki and Dainess ready (and funded!) for school. So blogging may be light for a little while as I recover, but rest assured that movement is happening behind the scenes. Look out in the next few days for a comprehensive post on the new water project (Water Part II: The Filtration - sounds like a summer blockbuster!). In the meantime, a favorite video that I don't think has been shown here before - the incredibly sweet Maureeni giving kisses. In related news, she and Miriam have apparently become attached at the hip and will not go anywhere without each other - real best friends.

On the plus side, this gallbladder situation has made me glad not to be in Tanzania for the first time in several months! So there's a silver lining!