habari gani?

(literally, which news?)

so i haven't posted in a while, but that's partially because internet outside of work has been a bit tricky, and partially because i've been staying with friends for this trip, so i haven't spent as many hours online in the hotel/apartment alone as i usually do. (ah, the life of a business traveler...)

i'm actually nearing the end of my time here in nairobi (heading back tomorrow), and i'm not quite sure what to report from these past few weeks. work was especially busy, and a bit stressful, so i've been somewhat consumed by that. also, the day after i got here, my friends went on a bike ride and found a severely dehydrated, flea-ridden puppy out in the middle of the bush. brought him home to clean him up (i think we found over 200 fleas on his little body...whoever created frontline is a genius) and see if they could find him owners, but ended up keeping him. so at the "home" front, it's been all about the puppy...starting to house-train him, keeping him out of trouble, taking him on walks and outings (including his first safari), and trying to name him...we went through all these swahili words, so i learned a lot through the process. i was a fan of panya (swahili for rat - we called him little rat dog for a while, but he's filled out now), but h and t finally settled on chonge (swahili for canine teeth - he's going through this biting phase).

so things here have been fun...have tons more work to do before i leave tomorrow, so i better go. will post pics later...