catch cold

jane and i chat with a video link - she: at home, lamenting over gilda's cancelled trip; me: in kigali about to keel over from jet lag.

jane is cold in new york - it's frigid there, actually. i, on the other hand, am suffering from an intense sunburn earned at the construction site for the asyv village i am working on, deep in the heart of rwanda not too far from the border with tanzania.

despite my best attempts at feigning pain, i get no sympathy from my dear spouse (not to mention the kids, who pop in and out of the screen). it's great to see jane, enjoying a couple of days off (sans her dear friend) - i fear she's spending this time doing laundry, opening mail, and cleaning bathrooms, so i push her to venture into the city tomorrow as planned. have lunch and go shopping!

my parents will soon join her in long island (to 'nurse' her), and will stay through marlee's birthday (x-mas day), by which time i'll be back to take care of jane. although frankly, she's doing so well, i may be phased out of my job ... now wouldn't that be nice for all of us!

thinking of healing, from this side of the world ...