The students are finishing classes this week, tomorrow is mother's day, this weekend is Lake of Stars and so it is only fitting that I take a few days vacation.

The three-day music festival has inspired me to take a week-long vacation at the beach. I have never been one to crave the beach for more than a few hours at a time but somehow Lake Malawi is much different.

I had taken an overnight trip to Cape Maclear a few weeks ago and I didn't realize how much I needed to relax until I actually got there. We went swimming and kayaking, relaxed on the beach, ate yummy food and explored the cliffside. I don't really have any plans for what I might do there but my room is booked and I will be on my own so I guess anything is possible (if my bank account allows it).

That being said, I will not be checking email or Facebook from this moment further. Until I return, of course.

Oops

note: prepare yourself for an extremely informal posting that sounds like it was written by a 12-year-old

Hey readers,

Sorry it's been so long. I know, I know, a typical apology from a typically lazy blogger.

Poor excuses aside, I have been searching for a new house, updating my visa (the back-alley way) and trying to get some work done at MIJ in the meantime.

With all the pressure that has been building up, I finally relaxed for half a second on Saturday evening and that's when the flu hit me. I was hoping for malaria, as it's sort of a rite of passage for living in an African country, but my test results ruled that out yesterday.

Three full days in bed and I knew it was the flu. But more on that later.

Anyways, consider this my official "blo-pology" (Shoutout to A. Hayter for his love of smooshing words together).

I am alive and will be posting more soon. I have a few postings in the works so it's just a matter of smoothing them out and publishing them.

Love from Malawi!