The Mushroom Can

I’m a big fan of mushrooms but they are expensive so I buy them in a can for about 17$. Well worth it to me. I don’t have a can opener so I use my pocket knife (Thanks Joe) Well I end up getting tired and too eager for my mushrooms that I usually only open it half way, and it’s ragged. On this occasion I only opened it about a 1/3 because I cut my hand on the ragged edge and was too angry to keep opening it. So I just dumped the mushrooms in the pot, and tried to fish out the remaining ones, then tossed the can. Later on I then threw out the garbage.
Well this morning I went behind my apartment and there was the same mushroom can only opened a lot more and empty. I stared at this can for about 5 minutes and tried to justify to myself my mushroom habit. Also, I was a little disturbed that my trash is being leafed through.

Anyways, it was just a reminder to me of where I am. I was thinking how badass I am opening a can of mushrooms with a knife and the injury I sustained to get said mushrooms, when I realized that no one eats mushrooms here as they are 17$ a can and are a luxury. And also that people are so hungry they will go through the trash to eat. Is it that I am really so American that, to me, it wasn’t worth it to get the last 2 mushrooms from the can so I tossed it and that the community knows that so they will go through my trash?? Oh the mushroom can, I took a picture of it and I want to print it out and hang it in my room.

Otherwise some new projects that I am working on are: A garden for TB patients, and whatever is left over they can sell for profit. Well I have no skill in gardening and am hoping that won’t be a problem. Maybe we can grow mushrooms??
TB is the major illness in my region and it seems ridiculous that people are still dying from it every year, as it is completely treatable. However, the medicine is not supposed to be taken on an empty stomach as it makes you sick. So no food= people not wanting to complete their TB treatment. Along the same lines I’m working with the clinic here to have a soup kitchen for TB patients as well.
I began coaching netball and soccer after school for the primary and secondary schools, and am now teaching a life skills class (How in the world am I teaching?) So I am starting to get really busy which is nice. And in 2 weeks I have reconnect which is a time to get together with my group for trainings and general mischief :) Afterward is time to start all my projects, as the first 3 months at site are supposed to be observation, but I started anyways as I’d be too bored to just sit and observe. (I can’t believe its been 5 months already) So life is good for me, except that it is really cold (we are in winter after all). I moved to Africa to be warm… don’t they know that?