Tonight was a delightful night with our wonderful American friend, Lisa. We wanted to hang out with her once more before going back to the States, and she suggested dinner. She told us that she would take us to dinner near the U.S. Embassy so we could get a drive-by view. Not that I really need to see the embassy, but really? We've been here for three months and we haven't seen it? What? So we were pumped cause we planned on driving by, singing a little "God Bless America" or something...you know. But when she came to pick us up at our house, she said maybe we could eat dinner by the movie theater instead and then catch a movie afterwards. This sounded like a fantastic idea! There were three movies to chose from at the theater, the best option being The Vow. Sadly the Hunger Games isn't playing here yet. Bummer, right?
Well. We went to dinner at a pretty delicious, fancy place. There was fetuccini alfredo on the menu. Obviously this is what I ordered, and I was pretty thrilled (Ben, I'm sure you can imagine). It was a disappointment when the alfredo was actually tomato sauce. Totally not the same. But you know what? It's alright because I can make my own fetuccini alfredo in nine days. Mmmmmm. Also, I'm going to eat an apple when I get home. There's a lack of apples here...
Dinner was yummy, and we made it to the movies just in time. As we were getting comfortable in our seats, I realized that I felt something odd. I was indoors, and I was cold. It was strange...the air felt oddly cool. After a minute, it came to me. This was air conditioning I was feeling. The last time I felt such a thing was on the plane from America. I know I don't have air conditioning on every day of my life in America, but when it's 90+ degrees outside I sure do. And it's certainly that hot here, but being a third world country and all there just isn't a cold blast of AC when you walk into a building. As I sat and enjoyed the movie, I couldn't help but feeling very, very cold. Like, freezing. At the end, all three of us agreed that we needed to get back outside into the warm African air. Weird.
The other sort of strange thing was seeing Chicago. In case you haven't seen The Vow, it's set in Chicago. Weird to see and think that I'll be there in less than two weeks. I know I haven't been here that long, and while it kind of seems like I've been here for such a long time it also feels like time flew by. But even if it did go fast, and even though three months isn't forever, it's still a little crazy for me to think that I'll be driving through Chicago again the weekend after next. Wow! But I'm not going to get into the whole I-can't-believe-I'm-leaving thing now, because it's late and it's past my bedtime. And I'm pretty sure I've already talked about this in previous blogs anyway. I really just wanted to write this quick to let you all know that I felt air conditioning tonight...that's all.
So, dena edairu (good night), my friends!!
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