Ever see that movie from the 90's with Macauley Culkin? Well, it's back... Burundi style. Galen and Delia left for the States last Friday leaving me, Joaquin, and Fidel behind.
Since they've been gone we've lost water twice (only for about 2 hours at a time) and we've lost electricity 4 times (several times for more than 12 hours at a time... we're going on 19 hours right now). All I can say is thank God I'm living with boys because if they were girls there would be a lot of complaining and whining! That's given us more excuses to go out and eat... we've had Italian, Chinese, pizza twice, and something really good last night (I don't know what kind of cuisine it is). We've burned through all the candles in the house, but at least we have the mini flashlights at night.
J's school was closed on Tuesday, thank you Muslim friends (it was the last day of Ramadan), so we headed off to the beach! It was even nicer during the week than it is on the weekends because there were hardly any people there. We turned up the iPod, swam in the lake, and snacked on yummy samosas!
Exciting tidbit... F is teaching me how to drive stick! Thankfully he's patient! I'm not leaving our neighborhood yet, but I've managed to make it into 2nd gear. I honestly don't know how much driving I'll do anyways... I enjoy walking and it allows more people to get used to the sight of me (and I need to walk off all the avocado I'm eating!).
Stay tuned for more home alone adventures... we still have 2 weeks left!
4 comments:
they have pizza in africa? do you want me to send you some flash lights?
So how good is food when eating out? Is the Italian and Chinese similar or different that the US? How's the pizza? I remember the South African version of pizza wasn't so hot
The food isn't exactly like home, but it's not bad. It's better than cooking at home. You guys know I don't cook at home. These are the times I miss mom (well, not the only times).
Don't worry about the flashlights, it's just the batteries we've run through. I wish I could get stuff from home, but packages are a no-no.
Oh no!!! The good news is that Galen and Delia had great things to say about you, on Sunday! We continue to pray for you back here, so I'm glad to see and hear about the new experiences! Re: the food, we'll hold off on having any Ling-Lings until you get back.. Just wouldn't be the same without you!
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