A To-Do List?

I actually made a to-do list today. This is a pretty normal occurrence when I'm at school with 47 thousand things to do but here nothing seems quite urgent enough to warrant a full fledged list. Items are the following.

1. Pay for NORAD Hostel at the Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation.
After almost a month living at the hostel I haven't paid a cent. It's probably time I did that, huh? I'll probably have to go to the bank because like everything else here, it's a cash only business. I literally have seen ZERO places that accept credit or debit cards. In fact, to my more business minded friends out there this might be a way to make a fair chuck of change, especially as the tourism industry begins flourishing here.

2. Laundry.
Yeah, this one has been on there for a while. I've done a load of underwear so not to worry, I'm not that dirty...Apparently I can pay a guy at the hostel to do it for me for TSh 3,000 (less than $3 a load). But I MUST MUST MUST do it today because I leave for Dar es Salaam for the weekend with Will tomorrow and everything has to hang dry.

3. Get a new cell phone at Yasser's shop.
Two days ago on the dalla dalla my cell phone got stolen. Right out of my pocket! My first lesson in pick-pocketing...a good one to learn before my trip to Dar. Anyway, that means I have to get a new one. Luckily a local friend of T-Man's has an electronics shop in town and he'll give me a pretty good deal. (And he speaks English!)

4. Meeting regarding the Workshop.
Big day in the office! I have my first official meeting. Of course, no time was assigned to the meeting so I've just got to be ready whenever I guess. I got a very official email last night about it. Duh duh duh!

5. Pack for trip to Dar es Salaam/work on itinerary with Will.
I've got to pack up all my stuff for a weekend in the city! As I've said before, not a whole lot to do in Morogoro by way of tourism so Will and I are heading to Dar this weekend. We're going over our plans later, which tentatively include Ethiopian restaurant and some time at the beach. I'm moving out of NORAD hostel for the weekend (doesn't make much sense to pay for a place I'm not actually staying). I only brought two backpacks worth of stuff and Will said I can stash what I don't bring to Dar in his room for the weekend.

6. Update blog and budget.
Working on it. In honor of the original budget tzar, Papa Bear, I'm keeping an Excel spreadsheet with everything I spend, broken down into categories (food, transportation, etc.).