Day 5 in Nairobi (Christmas Eve)

It's christmas eve and we've done nothing, but I'm more ok with that now that we've finally done something. We were supposed to go to Nyeri today and visit Jay's grandmother and other family members there, but Jay's mom had some errands to run and returned too late.

Jay apparently has never heard of Alanis Morisette which blows my mind and makes me feel very, very old. We went to the nearby mall again (named YaYa) and I, again, had to stop myself from buying some paintings. They're of really ornate doors or windows and you can open them and inside there's all types of people walking around Nairobi. I adore them, but they're like $300 each and as much as I joke about wasting all my monies, I really can't afford to buy another $300 painting. The one is enough. Plus how terrible would I be for buying something for $300 for aesthetic purpose in a country where people are starving?! $300 is probably more than some people here will see in a lifetime. I have to remember that. So when we got back I made a bunch more kiva loans. But is that enough? With all my parent's money problems (so far they've taken $3000 from me, and it looks like they'll be getting more), I'm reluctant to just outright donate my money anywhere. The glory of kiva loans is that I can input an endless amount of money towards people who need it more than me, but 90% of the time I'll get it back. But they do have terrible interest rates. I should've donated more money when I had the chance.

Afterwards we went and got dinner with some friends of their family. It was nice. I ate lots and lots of chapati with curry sauce, because for some reason curry here has bones in it.

Merry Christmas everyone!