So now I have a cold...and so does the rest of my family. My little host sister, Tracy, has been sick since I've arrived here over a month ago. My immune system has held up until this past Monday. I just have your average cold with a runny nose, stuffy head, headache, and sore throat. When I told my family Monday morning they were sorry to hear about it, but the next morning, both Eddah (my 20 year old host cousin) and Mama Tracy said they were feeling sick as well! So now all of us except Baba Tracy (who is almost never home these days) are sick. I bought some cold medicine yesterday to help with the symptoms so I could sleep last night, but Mama Tracy informed me that she hasn't given Tracy any medicine because she thinks it's just allergies. I'm pretty sure this isn't right since she's been sick for over a month and the weather has changed in the past week, so wouldn't her allergies have changed with it?
Anyway, I'm sleeping a lot and drinking lots of fluids in the hopes of getting better before the weekend--I'm hoping to go to Aberdare Forest and see some elephants!
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I'm sick too, my lady. I hope you get some rest and feel better. Also, I love how you say "Baba Tracy" since I call my dad Baba. It means father in Farsi. :)
ReplyDeleteI hope you feel better too honey :)And, good luck with midterms and such...
ReplyDeleteBaba is father in Kiswahili too--it has a TON of Arabic influences. In Kenya, we refer to mothers and fathers as Mama or Baba of their children, so since Tracy is the only child, they are Mama Tracy and Baba Tracy. Calling them by their first names is disrespectful.