Part 5: Adjustments

LLs invite me over for coffee again. They say "Hassawi!" (Talk!). I ask their visitor a few basic questions in Sidamic. I find out she has a one year old child, the age range PC wants for a nutrition survey. She agrees to do the survey and we complete it with the LL's help. (Questions translated to Sidmic by language tutor). The survey leads to a discussion about limited availability of certain fruits and vegetables locally, especially those with Vitamin A. I show all the carrot seeds and other veggie seeds and LL's guest and LL's pregnant daughter/midwife at Health Center ask me to plant veggies with them next month. 🙌 
Go back to my place and my language tutor arrives. Am full of glee as I haven't seen him since Friday, his English is very good, and he's also incredibly kind and supportive and has a good sense of humor. 🙌 
We review Sidamic terms and grammar and I feel proud to have memorized quite a bit more (in part because on Sunday I discretely used note cards to work on Sidamic during a three hour church service). 🙌 
Then, he tells me that he'll be away for a week to help with the national exams. 😞 
I express my disappointment in some Sidamic phrases like "you are running so I am grieving" and we laugh. He praises my progress in Sidamic and starting a daily yoga and exercise routine. He tell me not to be alone and names several people I can continue to reach out to. He tells me he will text me when he is away to check in. 😊 
Then the electricity turns back on after five days without! 🙌 
I charge my phone and external battery. Say goodbye to language teacher. Make dinner. Various tasks. Read Harry Potter. Talk with older sister on phone. Read Facebook posts. Today more of the same emotional roller coaster. Time to learn some equanimity.
Maybe I can do this thing...