Garden

We started building a garden for the school on October 3rd. It is now the 17th, and although we hve no doubt made some progress, I am at the point of pure boredom. I would rather not go into detail about how difficult it has been to get to the point where we are now at...just thinking about how difficult a process this has been kind of makes me angry. I did not sign up to come to South Africa and work on a big piece of grass that seems to be straight out of hell. One part of the grassy area we are working on is a spot where kids go to the toilet, it literally is just a horrifying location that smells of feces and urine. Another area has trash bags buried a foot underground, that have been there for so long roots have grown through them. Another area has trees that need uprooting, which isnt as easy as the orcs in Lord of the Rings make it look. Another area is scattered with bricks buried a foot underground. The entire plot has enormous 20 ft long planks stuck 3 inches deep that needed removing, 150 lb stones that are also buried and needed removing, is also littered with a decades worth of trash. After working on the area that smells of poop, I didnt eat anything for two days, it smelled so horrific I nearly threw up on 5 different occasions. Literally, I was on hands and knees dry heaving, I was just lucky that my appetite had gone so I didn't have anything to throw up. The only thing that keeps me working on the garden is the hope that after we go, someone will finish it for us, and in the end there will be a nice useable garden (that we helped contribute in building) that will be used by the school. Gotta think about the kids.

I just want to go back to my classroom. I miss it so much.

Cheers