The Digs

My little studio is now presentable, so without further ado:  

I live in #5, on the right, and Pastor Pooshani's room is on the left.  When afternoon rains come and fall on the green, tin roof if sounds like mangoes are falling out of the sky by the millions, the noise is overwhelming and soothing all at once.  Sometimes I sit in that chair and sip coffee and watch the kids play, if it's not too dusty I can last quite awhile.  I'm waiting for the local basket weaver to make me a welcome mat, until then you can see my current mat that's made of cardboard and says "GLASS.  Fragile.  Do not lay flat."  I'm classy like that.

This is the view when you first enter the room.  On the left is a chair (in purple and yellow fabric) beside my desk for visitors to sit and chat.  My bed, under the blue mosquito net, is in the center of the picture and is just long enough for me to lay with my legs extended.  On the right is a bench underneath a full length mirror, the door to the bathroom (with a pink towel hanging on it), and a guest bed in the right-hand corner of the picture.  The floor is made of tile, the walls concrete, and the ceiling is plywood with mahogany trim.

My office with a handmade mahogany desk, a camping lantern for late nights, my trusty MacBook and a fan.  

On to the guest area, complete with a bed, a basket of books, and a sitting area with lots of natural light.  I even hung pictures of friends and family between the bedposts to make it extra cozy.

The bathroom sink which has all the essentials: running water, a mirror, plenty of deodorant, a Penn State mug, a year's worth of doxycycline (the malaria medication that I take every day), and a few luxuries like my Dr. Hauschka cream that I treat like gold.  

 Yes, there's normal plumbing, which includes a flushable toilet.  I've figured out that a hot shower will last about eight minutes, a warm shower about 11 minutes, a cool shower about 20 minutes, and a cold shower will last forever.  

Not too shabby, eh?