Kittens!

My cat, Mwenya (smile in Luganda), gave birth to 6 kittens last night! All of my neighbors are telling me that my cat waited for me because the first night I was home after being away more than a week because of a conference in Kampala. I'm not sure if I believe that, but I'm excited that after missing the birth of my goats that I am at least here for this. The kittens are adorable, they are all either completely black, like the mom, or spotted black and white. I have never seen kittens that young before. Maybe because I have never been near a cat after it has given birth, but from what I have seen it is remarkably clean. There was one small spot on my floor and a bit in the basin-I expected a lot worse. Cleanliness isn't my point of this blog, just to express my happiness about the newest members of my home (-:

THANKS

Wow, already I have more than half the funding needed to complete my tree nursery project. I'm estatic. Also completely humbled and amazed at how generous people are. Although I don't have access to the list of donors, I do know that many people have given support to my project whom I don't know or I don't know well and this proves how great these people are. At this rate I will be able to start my project very soon, just in time for the rainy season! Anyways, I just wanted to say thank you to all the people who have given support to my project, with money or encouragement. If you would like to donate and find my project has been fully funded, there are others that are completed by other Peace Corps volunteers, just scroll to the Uganda projects. Again, all of you are wonderful people and I hope I will return to thank you in person soon!