No I haven’t died… just been really busy, my boss from Canada was here visiting all the countries that The Solon Foundation helps out and he was here seeing our progress, meetings and other such fun things. Then I was busy in Harare buying LED lights and fixtures, which is much harder to do then you think in a developing/3rd worldish country where most electricians here don’t know what LED means. So the electrician we’re using knows what LED means but hasn’t been able to find any so I said I would find them and it was a bit of a challenge but finally SUCCESS! An amazing store called Electrosales, which is more of an all around fantastic any building thing you need store than a electrical only store. And the best part is that it’s not horrific expensive like other stores here of that caliber, which I’m noticing that lots of things here of importance like construction material is more expensive than in Canada, and that prices change like the wind. For example one week cement is $11 a bag the next week $22 a bag. The fluctuation depends on how people are feeling that week and how desperate they think people are and what they think they can get for it. I went to a lighting store that has the latest and has access but for $150 a light/fixture, Electrosales had the a better fixture with the same light for $46 easy decision. But the lighting store knows that people will pay for horrific prices for the latest, when what I really wanted to do was picket outside the store with a sign saying “For a third of the price go to Electrosales”. Finally as it is in Canada, it’s flu season here and I was unable to avoid it and had the flu. Our project now has electrical conduits in the columns. Conduits are the plastic tubing, which the wires go through and the plastic casing which switches and outlets fit in. There is a reason October is called suicide month and I forgot how hot Africa can be. This is why I’d rather be freezing cold then boiling hot, you can always add more layers but you can only take off so many. Thank goodness for frozen ice packs that can be put on necks and lower backs. Even when it’s raining and there are thunder storms and it’s the rainy season, it’s crazy hot and I easily drink 4L of water or more.