This is Aichata. Her husband was the tresorer of the general assembly of the government and helped our neighbors against us, causing us a lot of trouble in the past. When the current president overthrew the government a few years ago, her husband was sent to prison, together with many officials of the previous government. After he was sent to jail, Aichata got very sick...
Day 2073. I was looking forward to sleeping in on Sunday, but Randy was working upstairs, and so the kids made lots of noise being upstairs. Eventually I got up to cook, then we sat down to eat. I needed to write a newsletter about what was going on in Mali, which takes concentration and a few hours of time.
Day 2070. I went to bed later than usual last night. What was unusual was that no kid joined us in bed; for Tammy it was already the 4th or 5th night, and for Emmy the first. This morning, my alarm went off at 9:30 am, but of course the kids had woken me up several times before then, usually with their fights. I got up, and we got ready to leave the house at 10 am.
