Malaria Dreams...Strike Again!! (By Kim)

I guess I should say "Anti-malaria medication dreams strike again" but that was a longer title than I wanted to use. You get the gist though. I've now had 2 very strange dreams right after taking the anti- malaria medication. Both Dr. Brock and Dr. Rankins warned us this is one of the side effects, but everyone says it never happens to them. Lucky Me!! I'm used to taking the daily pill, and I never had a problem with that. But apparently the weekly pill affects me more.

Last week I had a dream that one of my co-workers and a former student both hanged themselves in the supply closet at school. Then last night, I had a dream that we went to see a play and the actors and some of the audience were being killed right in front of us. Needless to say, it was not a pleasant way to wake up in the morning.

I'm not sure why all of my "crazy malaria dreams" involve people dying, but I'd really like it to stop!!

On another note...we learned a little about the fuses inside the converters we're using so that we can plug in our electronic devices here. We still have power today (something we are very thankful for), so our devices are charging. However, when Tamra plugged the iron into the power chord, we lost power. At first we thought it was just a cruel coincidence that we lost power just as Tamra was about to iron the clothes, but then we realized there was still power in all the rooms...just nothing coming from our outlet. We then tried plugging in the second converter we have. Power was back...until we plugged the iron back into the power chord! It blew another fuse.

Luckily, after much investigation, Tamra and I discovered that there was a spare fuse in the back of each converter. This means, however, that we no longer have a spare, and we'll have to be very careful so that we don't cause these last 2 fuses to blow!

Now, you might be asking, "Why in the world are you worrying about ironing your clothes?" That is a good question...and let me assure you that it has nothing to do with wrinkles! Apparently, as clothes are drying out on the lines, mango flies get in them and lay their eggs. Then, when you wear your clothes, the eggs hatch and get into your skin...or something like that. So when you iron your clothes, the heat kills the mango fly eggs and prevents this from happening.

We are happy to say that we found another way to plug in the iron without blowing any more fuses! Apparently, the iron doesn't need a converter, and plugs into the outlet just fine. This is good news indeed. Tamra got her ironing done, our devices are still charging, and we have a fun story to share! I even have a picture...

Here are the two blown fuses! Someone from our team may be getting a request to bring us some spares, so be ready!

Life is definitely never boring here! More to come...