This will be short, as I have been awake since 2:50am (its now 12:00pm) and my head is pounding and I am still riled up.
Last night we were woken up by the sound of machine gun shots. I then spent the next 3 hours lying on the floor in the hallway with my Mom, Dad, and friend Katie, hunkered down and listening to machine guns firing right outside of our home. We had no idea what the hell was going on around us, and lost count of the number of rounds fired.
No one was shooting at us, just next to us. We live right next door to the Prime Minister, and last night there was an attempted assassination on him at his residence.
Not sure if it was an attempted coup as well, who was involved, and what will happen next. I will post the details of our story later, and any information on what actually happened. We are still waiting to hear what exactly happened, as the Lesotho government has been slow to release any information or let us know what is going on.
Rest assured we are safe. I have an understanding boss, so I am sitting at home today instead of teaching my kids. I am pretty shaken up right now. My Dad is at work on Diplomat overdrive right now, and life is semi normal here today... as the majority of people here are not even aware what happened last night...except the people that were awakened by gun fire.
My thoughts are with any possible innocent victims, and I am hoping this is not the beginning of a turbulent situation. Time will tell. We are all waiting.
More later
Colleen
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Sunday, April 5, 2009
A riveting schedule of the busy day to day things...oh yah and a safari too
Monday: School, followed by teaching private English lessons to adults, then gym.
Tuesday: School, followed by teaching Spanish after school, then gym, then a 200+ person PEPFAR reception at our house. (I'm a teacher by day, spending my days chatting with little sticky 6 year olds-and Diplomatic Schmoozer by night, chatting with not so sticky Ambassadors and Ministers!)
Wednesday: School, gym, hopefully getting my haircut, writing a paper for graduate school, and packing for Easter break!
Thursday: School, teaching private English lessons to adults, grad school work, then maybe gym?
Okay here is where it gets good, I promise!
Friday Morning: Off to Bloemfontein to start my 10 day Easter break! Flying from Bloem to Joburg, then to Gaborone, Botswana.
Friday afternoon: Landing in Gaborone, spending the night with my Aunt, Uncle and their lovely golden retriever Tana in their home in Gabs!
Saturday-Tuesday: Headed to the Tuli Block in Botswana for my first ever safari! ! ! My Aunt, Uncle, and 3 of their friends will be in attendance. (We have to leave Tana behind in fear that a wild animal might eat her...better us than her, right?). Yeehaw!
Wednesday: Flying from Botswana to Cape Town South Africa! (One of my favorite places in the world!) I am meeting my friend Margit there, and hopefully Katie too(friend from home)!
Wednesday-Sunday: Eating amazing food, drinking amazing wine, doing amazing shopping- to sum it up- partaking in most of my favorite indulgences!
Also amazing in Cape town- the mountains, the sea, the beautiful people and scenery.
Oh oh AND...I was also told by two people that the hotel we are staying at has one of the most amazing breakfast buffets in the world- what a way to start the day! (Yes, that is pretty exciting news to me!)
It will be a busy 2 weeks…first starting off with not so fun busy things that make me collapse by 9pm….followed by a vacation of a lifetime. Can’t wait!
Tuesday: School, followed by teaching Spanish after school, then gym, then a 200+ person PEPFAR reception at our house. (I'm a teacher by day, spending my days chatting with little sticky 6 year olds-and Diplomatic Schmoozer by night, chatting with not so sticky Ambassadors and Ministers!)
Wednesday: School, gym, hopefully getting my haircut, writing a paper for graduate school, and packing for Easter break!
Thursday: School, teaching private English lessons to adults, grad school work, then maybe gym?
Okay here is where it gets good, I promise!
Friday Morning: Off to Bloemfontein to start my 10 day Easter break! Flying from Bloem to Joburg, then to Gaborone, Botswana.
Friday afternoon: Landing in Gaborone, spending the night with my Aunt, Uncle and their lovely golden retriever Tana in their home in Gabs!
Saturday-Tuesday: Headed to the Tuli Block in Botswana for my first ever safari! ! ! My Aunt, Uncle, and 3 of their friends will be in attendance. (We have to leave Tana behind in fear that a wild animal might eat her...better us than her, right?). Yeehaw!
Wednesday: Flying from Botswana to Cape Town South Africa! (One of my favorite places in the world!) I am meeting my friend Margit there, and hopefully Katie too(friend from home)!
Wednesday-Sunday: Eating amazing food, drinking amazing wine, doing amazing shopping- to sum it up- partaking in most of my favorite indulgences!
Also amazing in Cape town- the mountains, the sea, the beautiful people and scenery.
Oh oh AND...I was also told by two people that the hotel we are staying at has one of the most amazing breakfast buffets in the world- what a way to start the day! (Yes, that is pretty exciting news to me!)
It will be a busy 2 weeks…first starting off with not so fun busy things that make me collapse by 9pm….followed by a vacation of a lifetime. Can’t wait!
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