Team Chari: HUSH

On Friday nights Nyasha leads a group of men seeking a deeper relationship with Jesus.  This means that he gets home later than normal and I have a little bit of (very exhausted) down time after I put the girls to bed.  Tonight, Ru was at a sleepover with her cousins and Viv fell asleep early after a busy day of playing with her friends.

I decided to take the little bit of extra time to veg out and watch a movie on Netflix.  Nyasha really dislikes scary movies and since I was alone to choose whatever I wanted I got sucked into a movie called Hush.

This "thriller" was about a deaf, mute woman who lived alone in the woods.  A man with a crossbow decided to kill her best friend after she stopped by to visit.  He then came for the deaf woman.  This movie is NOT a thriller.  It is a 1 hour and 21 minutes of PURE TERROR.

Nyasha often calls me in the middle of the day for some random bit of information.  This week he called to see how to spell Amish for some odd reason.

A-M-I-S-H

I often ask Nyasha how to maneuver some ridiculous situation that hopefully would never happen.

Tonight when he got home I had about 15 minutes remaining of stomach wrenching viewing enjoyment.  I asked him, "Babe.  If a killer were to come to our house, what would I do? I am so unprepared."

SERIOUSLY. WHAT WOULD I DO?  I find a healthy fear of the killer is imperative.

He looked at me as if this were the most normal of all conversations (for which I love him dearly) and he said, "Nothing, Lucy would protect you."

(Lucy is a 9 pound Jack Russel that is afraid of clouds.  I am not even kidding, she is so afraid of rain and thunder that if it is even cloudy she will hide under beds or in closets just to be protected.  She in no way makes me feel safe from the killer.  Hopefully no killer is reading this because now he will know that the dog's bark is worse than her bite!!!)

I laughed and pressed, "No seriously, what would I do?"
He replied, "I think what might be a better thing to consider is why on earth you insist on watching scary movies and tv shows about killers."

Honestly, I am so attracted to shows like Criminal Minds (which I happen to think is one of the most well written shows of all time, except for the decision to kill of Shemar Moore, but I am a few seasons behind so I haven't gotten there yet.) and movies like this ridiculous "Hush."  They cause me great distress while I am watching, but I am so intrigued by watching things about killers.

GREAT SHOW

But now it's bedtime and I have watched a scary movie about the killer and I am too wound up to sleep.  Nyasha is right, I may need to reconsider my choices in entertainment.

What is your go to tv show or genre of movie if you are in control of the remote?

Fridays

Fridays are for FUN


Friday morning we wake up with no strict, crazy, get ready for work schedule.  At 9:30 we join an amazing and diverse group of women and babies for play group (I won't lie, I worked hard and waited [sometimes] patiently to find this group.)


After play group I have a bit of free time-- today we went to the flea market to collect samples of beaded key rings we are hoping to use for fundraising for The Michael Project. And since we were at the flea market, Vivienne and I met up with my Zimbabwean BFF for lunch-- sadza and t-bone.  It was delicious, made more so by the conversation.  Di and I are intentional about our friendship.  We share the stuff that makes us laugh, cry and even cringe.  She is the sister of my heart.  I have a few of these friendships and people, can I say that these relationships are the diamonds of my life?  I wouldn’t trade them for anything.

After that I dropped Vivi at home with Gogo and went on to work for a bit.  I generally only have one session on a Friday, which I am grateful for! 
THEN IT HAPPENS.

My schedule clears and I take a deep breath.  What I have been waiting for all week has finally come.  I drive down the potholed streets of Marlborough (a suburb of Harare) and stop at the black gate that I have seen thousands of times.  When the gate opens and my girl runs out to me it is as if all is right with the world.  Our girl Ru doesn’t get to live with us full time yet.  We are working on that, but for right now we live life looking forward to the school holidays and the weekends as if they are Christmas!

Today we spent the car ride home sharing stories of school and work.  When we went through our highs and lows, we decided to count jacaranda trees on the way home because they are certainly a high for all of us this time of the year.

72 Jacarandas on the street that leads us home.

260 Weekends so far.



Fridays are the greatest and for our family, they have been for a very long time.  Fridays are for fun.  Fridays are for family.  And someday, for our family, Fridays will be forever.

Ruthie September 2011

Ruthie September 2015