3 reasons why you shouldn't be jealous about my lifestyle

I get a lot of people telling me how incredible it must be to be living in an African country and how much they wish they could get on a plane and do the same thing. Well here's a few reasons to dampen down those feelings:

1. Fuel shortages- It affects everything and everyone. You are forced to carefully select your life events, making you really consider whether or not you should leave the house to do certain things. You start seeing less cars on the road. Public transport fees doubling their prices. In addition, supermarket shelves start to lack in certain products- for instance, there is a serious shortage of soft drinks in town. And believe me, when it's 32ºC at 8am, people like their chilled soft drinks to cool off.

2. I'm not getting paid- Yes, it's soul fulfilling when you know that you are helping others as a volunteer without asking for anything in return. But it's financially tougher than you think! Drinking tap water is currently an excellent way to save up. Don't worry, I'll keep checking for Cholera symptoms.

3. Safety- This was essentially the trigger for this negative post. A couple of nights ago we had an unfortunate episode whereby some people tried to break into the house. Thankfully, they were unsuccesful in doing so. They did, however, manage to kill 2 of our dogs with great amonts of rat poison. It was a shocking and very sad morning.

So, still keen on joining me?