Work aside

Work aside things are pleasantly calm around here. Municipal elections were held at Ncepheni Primary on Wednesday. Everything went off without a hitch, community members even remarked to me about the great turnout! Despite being asked by anyone and everyone if I had voted yet, I kept my distance and instead attended a pick-up soccer match near the schools.
While most of those reading this are anxiously ushering in the spring, here the cold is moving in and moving in quick. The days are also noticeably shorter. The sun isn’t rising until half past six and is setting closer and closer to five. The consolation is that when the sun is up it stays warm enough. The most disorienting part of the change in seasons is that with the shorter days and cold, I am in an October/November mindset. I will walk to school on a cold windy morning and think, “Halloween must be right around the corner. Better start thinking about costumes.”