Work, weather, life, and other frustrations

Work has been going well. But very busy. Worked in clinic last two days and felt like i saw about one hundred patients. Had one case in the OR - a salpingectomy for a ruptured ectopic pregnancy. Tomorrow we have four cases scheduled, two VVF repairs, one hysterectomy and one anterior colporraphy. Hopefully we will have electricity because the last time we tried operating, the electricity went out in the middle of the case.

It is so hot!! By 9am it feels like about 100 degrees. This morning the hospital driver forgot to pick me up at the hotel so I walked to the hospital. Only a 15 minute walk but it was uncomfortable to be in the sun for that long! I'm trying to remember to consciously drink extra water because its easy to quickly get so dehydrated here!

Finally saw my house! Its nice! 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, etc. The house is almost on the top of a very large hill/very small mountain. maybe 300 or 400 feet above sea level? Its about a 15 minute drive from the hospital, the first 10 minutes is a drive up a very steep hill.
House comes with a dog. Have yet to see the dog, but looking forward to meeting him/her!
Too early to tell if electricity will be a problem, but seems likely that it will be an issue.

People are very friendly here! But sometimes they stare at me like i'm a alien from another planet with 3 heads. Its not too bad in the hospital because people assume i'm a doctor, but in the city, there are very few wazungus, so if people see a white guy, they definitely give you an extra long look!

My diet hasn't been great. I've been eating two meals a day because its been so busy during lunch time, i skip lunch. I eat a hard boiled egg and bread with margarine for breakfast and dinner is local tanzanian food which can be very tasty but usually is fried and unhealthy. There is one new very nice hotel which seems to have a nice restaurant but I haven't tried the food yet.
Solution seems simple. I have a "household helper" who is waiting to come and help take care of the house and who also is capable of cooking! And the market in town has some good looking vegetables. The fish is very fresh and there are plenty of butchery's scattered about.

That's it from here! Hope everyone's well back home.