tired.

Yesterday Kaleigh and I were tired.
Not your average tired but wicked tired.

We got barely any sleep the night before.
Body tired.

We are in the last few days of being in Kenya.
Emotionally tired.

We are go go go go all the flipping time.
Need a break tired. 

One of the little boys stole my ipod. (we found it)
Way disappointed.

There is this Kenyan boy.
So confused.

I fell asleep on the matatu yesterday. You have to be wicked tired to actually fall asleep on one of those. It is like the freaking Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland. I was out cold. My head back, mouth open and the whole nasty deal.

The end is way too close and we are feeling it.
I hate this. 

busy.

Hi. It is Megan here.
I have been busy.

Not just your normal busy but we basically travel back and forth from Nairobi to Thika everyday. That is like going from San Jose to San Fran everyday. Let's just say Kaleigh and I think the one hour to two hour trip is becoming normal.
Because it is.

What are we doing in Nairboi?
Good question.

I will tell you one day but not now.
Sorry about that.

But we have been frequenting this orphanage.
It is owned and run by Mormons and all the kids are active.
It totally has a different feeling then the orphanage we work at.
There is just so much love there.

We also have been going to the church to cook a lot and ward activities.
We hardly ever see our boys and when we do it is for like 20 seconds in the morning or at night just in time to give them hugs right before they head off to bed.
It is really sad.

Kaleigh and I are down to 2 weeks and 1 day.
It feels like a joke.
I wish it was a joke.

The mass amount of things we have to do/want to do before we leave is daunting.
Thank heavens for Gabby and Oscar because they are going to tackle the checklist with us.
I plan to catch up with blogging when I get home.

I am sorry for my faithful stalkers that it breaks their hearts to hear that.
I am just at this time crunch and I want to spend as much time as I can in Kenya.
Not in cyber space.

I love you all.
See you way too soon.

not much.

If I could summarize how I feel about all things Kenya this is it. 

I don't have endless amounts of money to sponsor millions of kids. 

I don't have millions of things to give away. 

But you can have my heart. 

butterflies

He told me that I give him butterflies today. 

If only he knew what was happening in my stomach. 

happy

so there is this boy.
he makes me really happy.
he says the nicest things.
he does kind little acts of service.
it is great.

firsts.

I know there are a million things I need to post about but I guess I will start with the latest greatest.

Kenya has provided me with a lot of firsts. 

Milked a cow.

Lived in a foreign country.

Traveled outside the US without family. 

Saw lots of wild animals in their natural habitats. 

Started to learn a foreign language. 

Got a parasite. 

Cut open a kid's foot with a knife.

and the list goes on. 

But the latest first I had to approach was telling a boy that liked me a lot that I was not interested.
This sounds super easy but here is the background story.

He was my first friend in the ward here.
I lead him on hard core.
I did like him for a while.

So, you ask.
What changed?

Just the average... one of his best friend started to like me.
You know, the best friend that I have had an extremely huge crush on the whole time I have been in Kenya.

And so you good people of blogger world...
This is my life right now.
The man that I thought was totally out of my league is my short stop.

no words

I am sitting in my house after a trip to Thika to pick up some goods. 

There is a quick tap on the window.

All the boys are at school... who ditched and came to knock on my window?

I went outside to see who it was. 

There was no one. 

I turned the corner.

There was Micheal. 

Instant heart explosion. 

He jumped into my arms and I didn't want to let him go for fear it was not real. 

He was real. 

And so were the mass amount of boys from boarding school that were in the dorm. 

I could not handle my excitement.

After I settled down a little and took it all in... I was talking to the boys. 

What is that you say?

The boys from Gacio are coming home today too!!!!!

I think I died and went to heaven. 

Oh it gets better. 

Kaleigh and I start to get things ready for class. 

In the middle of class to run to my house to get a prize. 

Guess who is standing at my door?

ALEX!!!

The heavens have open ladies and gentlemen. 

We feed Alex and stored him in our house until my boy comes home.

Clinton arrives and I am so happy I was almost about to crack a tear or two. 

He is so wonderful. 

I love these boys so much. 

I forget sometimes but today was like a smack in the face of how much I love them. 

I just did not want to let them go. 

I just wanted to squeeze the crap out of them.

Best day ever.