June 21, 2008

Yesterday morning I was sick, so I stayed in camp. I outlined in my human osteology field manual where the biometric measurements for my project need to be taken on my participants, then I spent most of the day reading.

Last night, we saw lights on the horizon, which freaked some poeple out. I suspect it was another camp or the village where the rangers and their families live. I think we just haven't see it before because it hasn't been cloudy at night up until now and the moon has been out and very bright.

Yesterday afternoon, April took some pictures of buffalo for me on the game drive. It's really hard to call them buffalo and not bison, after so many years living and working in Alberta. I will probably go out on the game drive this afternoon, since I'm feeling better.

My flashlight is missing, either lost or stolen. Sarita had some brandy stolen from her tent the night before, so I suspect my maglight was taken. My headlamp, which Andrew Du gave me, has a faulty connection and Robe is going to try and fix it for me. Emmanuel, one of Jack's grad students, is bringing me another one from Nairobi when he comes up. In the meantime, Sarita lent me her spare.

I slept very well last night for the first time since we arrived. It was great! It was colder this morning than it has been yet. Most of the people here think it's too cold, but this is what I used to for camping. I'm worried about what the heat at Ileret will do for me. At the same time, it will be nice to get up there and be doing something. I feel like I have nothing to do here and the time is going by slowly.