Today was adventurous, and it turns out that I am extremely lucky (or as Nana would say, "blessed").
I woke up this morning and bumbled into the car to drive to work. My commute to Diepsloot is about 50 minutes every morning, and so it begins very early. I noticed as I was pulling out onto the road that my alignment was off. I shrugged it off, thinking we'd just messed something up on those back-country roads to Drakensberg.
I waited at the usual stoplights on London Road, and that's when a pedestrian signalled to me something I should have already realized: I had a flat tire.
I turned around and prayed that I'd make it back to LEAP 3 where I could get some help, and not just be a stranded young white girl on the side of the road. Mike and Obed helped me get the tire changed, and then I drove down to the nearest Engen station to get it patched. The whole ordeal took about 4 hours and $10. I spent the rest of the day feeling grateful that it gone as well as it could have gone, considering.
But this is a side note to my verb of the day, which is Visit. Today I had the privilege of visiting Khanyisile and her father, and Lesego and her cousin, sister, brother and mom. I loved getting to chat with both of them, and meet their families. I feel like I am getting to know some students really well, and in many ways, it just feels like I live here, too.
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