Seeing as we've had a rather uneventful day today (by uneventful I mean we woke up, ate breakfast, took a nap, ate lunch, went to Kaldi's and then Lime Tree, the wifi cafe) I thought I'd just write about a few random little things...
Most excitingly, as some of you may have seen on Facebook, Kendra and I found out a couple of days ago that we can actually purchase a donkey for ourselves for only 800 birr...that's like $50! What a steal! This blows my goal of "befriending" a donkey way out of the water. Could you image? A pet donkey! And it's win-win for everyone: Kendra and I get to have our very own donkey for three months, and then Dundee said we can donate him to the organization when we leave. We win, Strong Hearts wins, obviously a great plan. I'll keep you posted on the shopping for donks (that's how cool people say donkey, btw).
Unfortunately, we have still only have one legit shower since leaving America. You see, although I told you a few posts ago that we had running water, it's apparently not totally true. The water comes on and off...more off than on, though. So whenever we have time to shower, it's off. Of course. You're probably all picturing me disgustingly dirty and smelly, but I swear I'm not. At least, not as bad as you're thinking :) We've found ways to help. Just yesterday, we did a nice hair washing in the sink using bottles of water. The other day, we made a sort of shower with bottled water as well. It takes creativity, but it's worth it. That, and lots of baby wipes and perfume....
Yesterday afternoon some of Dundee's friends were hanging out at our house with us. They're some funny guys! You're going to have to use your imagination a bit here, and it probably won't be as funny for you. It might be one of those "you had to be there" moments. But I'll share anyways. Kendra took out her camera and took some pictures and one of the guys said (Ethiopian accent here) "Did you just take my pic?!" Another said at one point, "That ain't funny." Both times, we about died laughing...you have to imagine that these guys usually speak in broken, yet very proper, English. After all, it's their second language and you don't hear them using slang. So the words "ain't" and "pic" coming out of their mouths were hilarious.
Last night, we went to dinner and a movie with friends (side note - there were 8 of us all together and we all fit into a tiny 5 person car...success). For dinner, Kendra and I shared a vegetable pizza. The description said, "all kinds of vegetables". We were thinking pretty standard pizza toppings...peppers, tomatoes, onions...the usual. But no, it was really all kinds of vegetables. Among other things there were carrots, green beans, and cabbage. Ethiopia, that's a little weird...just saying. It wasn't bad, but it was certainly a little odd.
This morning when I awoke, I discovered something had tried to snuggle with me in the night. A small black bug, curled up right next to my pillow. Those of you that know how much I hate bugs, just listen to how tough African life has made me already: I didn't even freak out. I simply squished him. Yes, I killed him even though he was just trying to cuddle. Kendra and Lee Ann think that's not very loving, but I don't let just anything crawl into bed with me!
Today, at Lime Tree, I got spaghetti. I had some left, and since I'm in a third world country with lots of hungry people I thought I should take it to go rather than throwing it out. So they dumped my spaghetti onto a piece of foil and folded it up. Creative.
A quote from Kendra: "I think my tattoo dyed my skin." I informed her that I think that's kind of the point... (a note from Kendra {deanna does not know about this} I meant the area AROUND my tattoo... not the actual tattoo. Speaking to non-english speakers makes your english BAD)
To my peeps in America: I want to Skype with you! It's no excuse to not be on Skype at 3am your time when it's noon here and I have internet. You need to start being more accessible ;) But really, I have internet at other times too. So get on that Skype, fools! That's all for now, just keep that in mind. Thanks.
Most excitingly, as some of you may have seen on Facebook, Kendra and I found out a couple of days ago that we can actually purchase a donkey for ourselves for only 800 birr...that's like $50! What a steal! This blows my goal of "befriending" a donkey way out of the water. Could you image? A pet donkey! And it's win-win for everyone: Kendra and I get to have our very own donkey for three months, and then Dundee said we can donate him to the organization when we leave. We win, Strong Hearts wins, obviously a great plan. I'll keep you posted on the shopping for donks (that's how cool people say donkey, btw).
Unfortunately, we have still only have one legit shower since leaving America. You see, although I told you a few posts ago that we had running water, it's apparently not totally true. The water comes on and off...more off than on, though. So whenever we have time to shower, it's off. Of course. You're probably all picturing me disgustingly dirty and smelly, but I swear I'm not. At least, not as bad as you're thinking :) We've found ways to help. Just yesterday, we did a nice hair washing in the sink using bottles of water. The other day, we made a sort of shower with bottled water as well. It takes creativity, but it's worth it. That, and lots of baby wipes and perfume....
Yesterday afternoon some of Dundee's friends were hanging out at our house with us. They're some funny guys! You're going to have to use your imagination a bit here, and it probably won't be as funny for you. It might be one of those "you had to be there" moments. But I'll share anyways. Kendra took out her camera and took some pictures and one of the guys said (Ethiopian accent here) "Did you just take my pic?!" Another said at one point, "That ain't funny." Both times, we about died laughing...you have to imagine that these guys usually speak in broken, yet very proper, English. After all, it's their second language and you don't hear them using slang. So the words "ain't" and "pic" coming out of their mouths were hilarious.
Last night, we went to dinner and a movie with friends (side note - there were 8 of us all together and we all fit into a tiny 5 person car...success). For dinner, Kendra and I shared a vegetable pizza. The description said, "all kinds of vegetables". We were thinking pretty standard pizza toppings...peppers, tomatoes, onions...the usual. But no, it was really all kinds of vegetables. Among other things there were carrots, green beans, and cabbage. Ethiopia, that's a little weird...just saying. It wasn't bad, but it was certainly a little odd.
This morning when I awoke, I discovered something had tried to snuggle with me in the night. A small black bug, curled up right next to my pillow. Those of you that know how much I hate bugs, just listen to how tough African life has made me already: I didn't even freak out. I simply squished him. Yes, I killed him even though he was just trying to cuddle. Kendra and Lee Ann think that's not very loving, but I don't let just anything crawl into bed with me!
Today, at Lime Tree, I got spaghetti. I had some left, and since I'm in a third world country with lots of hungry people I thought I should take it to go rather than throwing it out. So they dumped my spaghetti onto a piece of foil and folded it up. Creative.
A quote from Kendra: "I think my tattoo dyed my skin." I informed her that I think that's kind of the point... (a note from Kendra {deanna does not know about this} I meant the area AROUND my tattoo... not the actual tattoo. Speaking to non-english speakers makes your english BAD)
To my peeps in America: I want to Skype with you! It's no excuse to not be on Skype at 3am your time when it's noon here and I have internet. You need to start being more accessible ;) But really, I have internet at other times too. So get on that Skype, fools! That's all for now, just keep that in mind. Thanks.
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