Site ups and downs of yesterday as a typical example of my adjustment period. Part 1. They say the first three months at site in Peace Corps are the most difficult. I'm starting month two. (This is a totally different experience (much harder) for me than Peace Corps Malawi, where several of my Malawian friends spoke fluent English, I taught at the Secondary school in English, and did other projects with counterparts who translated for me. Of course, I still spoke some Chichewa but the bulk of my work and close relationships were based on my speaking English.) So, yesterday I wake up and light my kerosene stove. I make coffee and oatmeal with soy powder and flax seeds and heat water for a bucket bath. 
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It makes my place smell like kerosene 
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(I have a propane stove and ran out of propane. I lugged the canister the size of a helium tank to the regional capital and found out there's no propane in all of Ethiopia right now. Bought a small hot plate and when I come back to site there is no electricity at home and it's uncertain when it will come back. So I go to a nearby town and buy a small kerosene stove.) After breakfast and bucket bath I review the plan for the day. I realize that the hand-washing lesson and station building we planned for today at another primary school can't happen because it's a holiday (Downfall of the Derg) so the schools are closed...
See part two...
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