Saturday, June 24, 2006

What in the world???

Since I have been home, I have been trying to organize all my pictures from Africa and save them in the right place so I don't lose them. My computer in Hawaii crashed and died so I am really paranoid about technological breakdown and losing everything... hey, it could happen to you too! :)

But anyway, as I was ordering some prints (the best solution I've come up with so far for preserving photos) I ran across this picture someone took of me in Africa. I think it's so funny because it looks like someone Photoshopped me into the picture.

I'm trying to figure out what was going on in my mind and why I was making this face and this is the best I've come up with:

At this point in the trip, I was kind of sick (maybe a little delirious)

plus it was really hot (adds to the delirium)

plus I was trying to not to drink a lot of water because I was doing everything humanly possible to not have to use the outhouses here. When you look down the "bowl" (otherwise known as a hole in the ground), all you can see are thousands of cockroaches. And guess what happens when you go to the bathroom! They get scared and RUN UP OUT OF THE HOLE! Yup, no lie. And yes, eventually, I had to use that outhouse. Hehehe... eeeewwwww....

plus I don't think I thought I was really in picture.

All of these things add up to me making a ridiculous face while these poor children and standing behind me. Sorry if its insensitive, I just report the facts.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very scary. Maybe a little too much Mountain Dew?

JLW said...

I would have packed those kids in my luggage and brought them home with me!

Lindsay said...

that's awesome. The bugs in the toilet? I would have held it for a month. that is why God called you & not me! haha.