In striking contrast to yesterday,

today was cool. Overcast all day with a nice breeze, it was a beautiful way to work.
It took us a while to get going. We didn't get started at the house until 10, when we're normally going by 9:15 at the latest. Despite the late start, we got plenty done. Finished leveling in the back, and created a porch for the house by leveling the area with tires and extra dirt. The extra dirt came from the back, which meant plenty of wheelbarrowing. Guess who spent the most time wheelbarrowing: me. Guess who spent just as much time shoveling as anyone else: me. Here's how it happened.
I grabbed a shovel and would help the two other people with shovels fill up my wheelbarrow. There were 5 people with hoes standing around, occasionally moving the dirt into piles. I shoveled the wheelbarrow full, then dropped the shovel and moved the wheelbarrow to the front porch, where I would dump it for them to move around. Then I moved the wheelbarrow back to the back, where I picked up a shovel and led the charge of filling it again. It was a little frustrating, because I was doing more work than anyone else because no one else was willing to shovel, but it wasn't too bad. I didn't get mad at anyone today, so I'm just grateful that I was able to push myself as hard as possible without expecting others to do the same. That's the first time that's happened these past couple of weeks.
After building a porch, leveling the back, and building steps out of bamboo, we headed up for lunch. lunch was great as we were all exhausted. Instead of a nap today, like I normally would, I chose to first talk about soccer and then play soccer. Riley and I played 2 on 2 soccer with two of the Zulu kids who were there, and we were playing at about 90% because they were good enough. We would let the occasional pass through or not score the open goal, but they were so good. The girls went with the go-gos (grandmothers) and the guys just hung out with Snesh, Sihle, Spay, and a kid who I didn't know. It was great to talk to Snesh and Sihle, and we gave the two kids so much time to play soccer and wrestle and tickle fight. It was a relaxing and rejuvenating afternoon. Now, I'm going out to dinner for the second time this semester, and it's going to be great and relaxing to get away from campus for the evening. I'm looking forward to it. After that, maybe man time? Which will likely consist of smoking pipes and playing poker in a "haunted" (abandoned) house that has about a mile hike to get to. Should be an awesome evening.
And I can't wait to blog about tomorrow, with all that we have in store. I love you all!