The Daily Routine
on Nikki in Malawi (Malawi), 24/Mar/2010 07:41, 34 days ago
Our trusty water filterAm sorted out into a daily routine.5 am– get up and get ready for work6.15– leave home and walk to work, this involves carrying a backpack with laptop, lunch, water, books and change of clothes, and importantly my trusty umbrella.7.15– arrive at work and change into clinical uniform once I have cooled off and dried off7.30– start work12– Lunch13.00– continue working17.00– home time18.00– arrive homeNext couple of hours are taken up with cooking an evening meal, preparing lunch for next day, having a bath if the water is on, and preparing drinking water. This involves boiling numerous kettle loads of water and then transferring the water into the bowl to cool down ready to go into the water filter. Need to filter about 5– 6 litres a day. This is supposing that there is no interruption of either electric or water supply. If there is then it is just waiting and hoping that it comes back on again. So far this week we have had no water for 2 mornings, and it is only Wednesday. As am out all day at work don't know howlong it is being turned off for. We always make sure that we have spare buckets full of water for some essentials though.20.00– relax by either reading, computer games, watching a DVD on laptop21.00– usually ready for bed by then and go to sleep to the howling/barking dog chorus as a backdrop.