parasites and paint

For the first time in Kenya, and third time in my life, I got a parasite.  This "little buddy" wasn't the worst I've had, but it did last a long time!  I wasn't completely rid of him for two solid weeks.  That's a lot of trips to the toilet.  I don't actual know what type of parasite/ameba it was, but I got some powerful meds and it finally died.  Not eating for a few days does make ya feel a little weak though.  Thankfully, my mom had brought over about 57 packs of gatorade (at my request) so I never got dehydrated!  Yeah for electrolites!  I have determined that I got the little buddy from the water at my new house.  Ya see, my water is a little gross.  It kinda has a bit of a film over it and sometimes there's little particles floating in the bottom...but other than that it looks clear!  I've never drank the tap water in Kenya (I'm not that dumb) but I did use it to brush my teeth.  Not any more!  I've had to revert back to using clean water to brush my teeth/rinse my mouth/rinse my toothbrush, which actually gets a bit annoying.  I've also had to start hard boiling, 20 minute hard boil in a pot on the stove, and filtering my water!  It's a long process.  Oh well! TIA! (This Is Africa)

On a lighter note, we got our house painted!  Well mostly.  I have a painter guy I like to use, called Bernard, who does a nice job for an excellent price.  It's so worth it.  We pick out the colors, he does all the rest.  We had him come on days we have house help, and we don't even have to be here!  It did take him five days in the house, plus some repainting.  I don't know what he was thinking, but he painted the top half of our hallway yellow, when it wasn't even supposed to be painted!  We had talked through the areas to be painted in person in the house, I had texted him the wall/color combos, I had left written instructions, and I labeled the actual walls.  He still got it wrong.  He did correct it though!  He also had to repaint my bedroom.  I had picked out this nice tan with a pink undertone (I figured I should go girly while I still can) and it came out straight up pink.  I like pink, sure, but not on my walls.  Not really in my house at all.  Needless to say, I picked out a new color and now it is a tan/green.  Mostly green.  But I like it!  We did get most of our other rooms painted as well, and now we just have a couple pieces of furniture to buy and some decorating to do!  The house definitely feels like home!