This weekend is turning out to be quite a relaxing few days! So far, it has been filled with delicious food, games, movies and wonderfulness. I'm loving it!
We started Friday off at the day care. We were with the same kids, and had lots of fun playing with them again. There was something sad that happened this time, though. One of the little boys (all the kids in this room are around two or three years old) had been very quiet and reserved all week. On Friday morning, he couldn't stay awake. One of the nannies felt his head and realized that he had a very high fever. The nurse who works at the day care came to check him out and was concerned that he may have meningitis. The poor little boy looked so sick! They still weren't sure what was wrong with him when we left. I suppose it's good that he was at the day care because otherwise he likely would have gotten no help at all, but it would still be awful if he had something like meningitis. Especially with there being about ten other toddlers who are in the same room with him all day, sharing toys and playing together. Hopefully he's okay next week! He's such a little cutie...I feel so bad for him :(
That was the downer of the weekend. Besides that, it was all quite enjoyable! Friday afternoon, we went to hang out with our school kids while they played a soccer game. That was a lot of fun. We were talking to some of the older kids for awhile, and we really like them. In fact, they kind of crack us up. The oldest ones (between 12 and 13 years) like to protect us, in a way. When all the younger kids run all over us, hang on us, and crowd around us, the older ones think we are bothered and that the little kids are being rude. They come over and shoo them all away and act all grown up. We don't mind the little kids at all, but it's funny to see the older ones get so worked up about it. They have so much fun playing soccer, and we had a good time hanging out with them for a while.
After the soccer game, we went to a delicious restaurant with Dundee and his girlfriend, Ruth and our American friends Kaela, Krista and Lisa. This wonderful restaurant was called Island, and it was simply amazing. First of all, they had chips and salsa. AND chips and guacamole. What?! Yum! I haven't even seen that since I was in America...let alone tasted it! Secondly, there was bacon on my chicken sandwhich! Um, yum again! Wow! Obivously it was a great experience.
We then made our way to Kaela, Krista and Lisa's house to have a little sleepover. Girls night, American style. It was fabulous. We played Apples to Apples, made brownies (brownies!!) and had quite a lot of fun. This morning, they even had muffins for us and let us use their shower (because even though Dundee promised we would have running water for the rest of our trip, we haven't had it for the past two days. Shocker, I know). That makes for a pretty awesome sleepover. Right now, we're just sitting around watching some movies. Makes for a pretty solid Saturday!
Tomorrow will be just delightful as well because Kendra and I have made appointments to get pedicures. At a spa! For only 170 birr. That's $10. Yes, please. I totally can't wait. We are going to a place that is supposedly very nice, says another American we know. My toes are gonna look super beautiful!!
I plan to finish off the weekend with some time at the wifi cafe, putting up these blogs and hopefully some rockin Awassa pics. Perhaps even some Skyping:) As of tomorrow (Sunday), we officially have only four more weeks to go...I'll be seeing you all soon!!
We started Friday off at the day care. We were with the same kids, and had lots of fun playing with them again. There was something sad that happened this time, though. One of the little boys (all the kids in this room are around two or three years old) had been very quiet and reserved all week. On Friday morning, he couldn't stay awake. One of the nannies felt his head and realized that he had a very high fever. The nurse who works at the day care came to check him out and was concerned that he may have meningitis. The poor little boy looked so sick! They still weren't sure what was wrong with him when we left. I suppose it's good that he was at the day care because otherwise he likely would have gotten no help at all, but it would still be awful if he had something like meningitis. Especially with there being about ten other toddlers who are in the same room with him all day, sharing toys and playing together. Hopefully he's okay next week! He's such a little cutie...I feel so bad for him :(
That was the downer of the weekend. Besides that, it was all quite enjoyable! Friday afternoon, we went to hang out with our school kids while they played a soccer game. That was a lot of fun. We were talking to some of the older kids for awhile, and we really like them. In fact, they kind of crack us up. The oldest ones (between 12 and 13 years) like to protect us, in a way. When all the younger kids run all over us, hang on us, and crowd around us, the older ones think we are bothered and that the little kids are being rude. They come over and shoo them all away and act all grown up. We don't mind the little kids at all, but it's funny to see the older ones get so worked up about it. They have so much fun playing soccer, and we had a good time hanging out with them for a while.
After the soccer game, we went to a delicious restaurant with Dundee and his girlfriend, Ruth and our American friends Kaela, Krista and Lisa. This wonderful restaurant was called Island, and it was simply amazing. First of all, they had chips and salsa. AND chips and guacamole. What?! Yum! I haven't even seen that since I was in America...let alone tasted it! Secondly, there was bacon on my chicken sandwhich! Um, yum again! Wow! Obivously it was a great experience.
We then made our way to Kaela, Krista and Lisa's house to have a little sleepover. Girls night, American style. It was fabulous. We played Apples to Apples, made brownies (brownies!!) and had quite a lot of fun. This morning, they even had muffins for us and let us use their shower (because even though Dundee promised we would have running water for the rest of our trip, we haven't had it for the past two days. Shocker, I know). That makes for a pretty awesome sleepover. Right now, we're just sitting around watching some movies. Makes for a pretty solid Saturday!
Tomorrow will be just delightful as well because Kendra and I have made appointments to get pedicures. At a spa! For only 170 birr. That's $10. Yes, please. I totally can't wait. We are going to a place that is supposedly very nice, says another American we know. My toes are gonna look super beautiful!!
I plan to finish off the weekend with some time at the wifi cafe, putting up these blogs and hopefully some rockin Awassa pics. Perhaps even some Skyping:) As of tomorrow (Sunday), we officially have only four more weeks to go...I'll be seeing you all soon!!
Did you ever watch Friends? I'm glad you had such a great weekend. Hang in there for the last 4 weeks. Loved skyping again!
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