So I wake up early get to the internet store to pay the bill
fight the e50 extra and discover they did turn it off early. Then I head to the water company to pay that
final bill since they had turned off my water a day early also leaving me my
last night/day with no water or internet. Swaziland is trying to get even more
money out of me before I leave.
Well, the water company says my final bill is E480, WHAT,
the monthly bill for the 2 years was usually around E100. Within the last few days a water leak had created
a poodle that had appeared in the courtyard area. Well, 30 liters of water was added to my
bill. So as the Peace Corps driver shows
up to pick me up, I tell him the story and he goes to pick up my fellow Group 8
PCV Kris, who we scheduled leaving together, So I call the landlord, who will
come over to pay the bill having already known about the leak, but its tomorrow
so I pay half adding to the money she owes plus the deposit. I leave the water company wondering if it
will get sorted out quickly, which is not something that happens often in
Swaziland. I rush home drag my stuff on
my house stack it up in big pile me out to the courtyard and the driver shows
up we toss it in and I AM OUT.
THAT’s IT DONE.
No tears, or hardly even the feeling of not wanting to
leave, my time is up here in Nhlangano but still 10 days to before leaving
Swaziland. I accomplished a lot, I
certainly helped a few people and reconnected with part of myself that had been
lost in my Hollywood life. Coming out of
Peace Corps, I have clear head & heart like I haven’t had in long
time. Plus, weight what I weighted back
in high school. So its all smiles and no
tears. Spending the next few days in
Mbabane hanging with friends and hopefully collecting back my rent.
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