Pretty, awesome, right?! I love it so much. I lucked out with the furniture - most volunteers just have a table & some chairs, and a bed. I have a whole living room set, as well as an armoir, but I think that's because it's the parent's bedroom/family living room. My room faces West, so I get to watch the sun set every day while I eat dinner - and it hasn't gotten old yet.
You can see in the pictures, that I have a gas stove and heater - which, in Winter, is especially essential. What I haven't shown/forgot to take pictures of, are my washing buckets, bathing bucket (it's my bath tub), water buckets, and my pee bucket. That's right, a pee bucket. You're so jealous of my African life right now, I can tell. Well, I'll explain. One, it gets PITCH black outside at night, so using the latrine is pretty annoying. Also, dogs are used as body guards and house alarms (and sleep outside), so walking out at night may prove harmful. And lastly, we LOVE our pee buckets. This is something in which I may actually take back to the States with me. Think about it, middle of the night, below freezing in my house, pajamas, pitch black, dogs, and the fact that our buckets are the precise size and comfort level for doing such deeds. Trust me, it's not that weird or gross. Unless, of course, one forgets to dump their pee bucket in the morning - you know who you are!!!
Oh, and, I get my water from a pump not too far away. Some days it's actually nice to fetch my water (I said SOME days). I have to turn this big merry-go-round wheel (about 12 feet in diameter) to get the siphoning pipes to start, in which I can go to the spout and just turn the lever to get my water. However, on days in which I'm tired, lazy, or the pumps are exactly working well, I have to turn, turn, turn, and turn to get the pump to start. Luckily for me, my host mother usually yells for one of my little bo-abuti (brothers) to come and assist.
I'm sure I'm forgetting to tell you a plethora of more details and also, it's 20 Rand per hour for internet here and since I'm not made of money...
sounds like you've really developed a relationship with this pee bucket.
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