It’s Christmas Eve as we write
this, and we’re busy preparing for Christmas…. Or rather we were…. Until JOY oh JOY (you guessed it), a power cut! It’s an
(undoubtedly unwritten) rule that we ALWAYS have power on public holidays. ALWAYS. That is unless it is a fault rather than a scheduled case of 'load sharing.' So our initial upbeat analysis that UMEME were simply conserving power in order to make sure we have it all day on Christmas soon turned to woe when a quick recce revealed that it was just us and 2 neighbours that were affected. The fact that the 2 neighbours affected are the 2 electricity stealing grasshopper catching muppets hailed in our previous blog may well point to the reason we now sit in darkness. But no need to worry – even on Christmas eve
at half past nine at night, you can be sure that the electricity guys at UMEME
will be out in the next half hour to fix the problem. Ha ha.
Our little joke! Needless to say,
we will most likely be enjoying the start of 2015 before we enjoy the return of the power.
There’s lots of stuff to say about
Synergy but Tim is too cross about the power to write anything right now, so
you’ll need to wait until next time!
On the Baby Unit, it’s not been
terribly busy, but we’ve had some great moments, one of which was seeing our
sweet little baby Babirye Josephine the other day. You may remember that she was our tiniest
ever surviving baby (scroll back a few blogs if you want to see her tiny little
self), weighing in at 820g at birth (and dropping to far below that initially
when she was unwell). Well, what a beauty
she is now, though you may note that good genes are playing a real role in this
one!
We love it when babies are
cherished right from the start. But
let’s face it – it’s not always like that.
That’s why the people-skills that our head nurse Cathy possesses are
such a blessing. A recent baby caused us
considerable consternation, as despite initially doing well and being
discharged, she failed to gain weight well, and finally started to lose
weight. The father reported the mother
was “sick of coming to the hospital for review, and sick of the baby” which
made our hearts sink, but Cathy proposed she come and see them, and a couple of
home visits later, this little beauty is now thriving (and even attending
reviews at the hospital again), with a devoted clan of siblings helping mama
out.
Finally, well, you know what’s
coming. It is with no small portion of
embarrassment and shame/pride and delight (depending on whether you're Sarah or Tim!) that we share our Christmas
2014 song with you…. Ready for it? Then
click the link for: AN AFRICAN HIP HOP CHRISTMAS. Brappppppppppppppppp!!
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