stuck in sudan

after waking up to a terrible hangover, I heard a land cruiser backing up to my room - gotta fly! plane is landing! so we drove frantically to the airstrip over bumpy roads, narrowly avoiding motorbikes, pedestrians, and bicycles, to find that the plane had already left. it usually doesn't leave until sometime in the afternoon, but this time it was gone by noon. no word from the airline that the damned thing was leaving early! I was all set to get back and be with the baby & kids, and a few tears leaked out. last time Anthony brought them all to the airport to get me, and we went out to a great new western kenya restaurant, complete with live traditional entertainment - so I was looking forward to the same. no such luck. I'll get home on Monday if there's any space left on the tiny aircraft - only 8 seats or so! *fingers crossed*

so now I'm here in Yei for the weekend, nothing to do, just missing Toby.... I'll really miss our family Sunday - after Anthony takes the kids for haircuts/braiding and goes shopping for fresh food, we usually go to the impala club to play football, swim, and let Toby run around on the grass. sigh. however, the mine action guys are having bbq'ed pork for dinner, and I heard a rumor that there's a nice bottle of whiskey around, so I'll have to make the most of it!