Well truth be told I've been struck a little with writer's block. Even though life here is incredibly different, it is at the same time--just life. It goes. Day to day the time passes, and before you know it the weekend's come and gone.
There are those things that I hope to remember forever... and a few that will be quite hard to forget. Here is a brief list of things that were memorable this week.
- Avery telling me he has a girlfriend, and that his friend Saul burped in his brother's ear on the bus.
- Ethan wearing more applesauce than he swallowed. Also crying when I put him down in his crib then cooing when I switched him to my bed. He already knows what he wants.
- Avery imitating his Russian friend saying "I do not speak English" the minute he senses he may be in a bit of trouble.
- Having Jason ask me how my day was, and listen to the same events five days in a row.
- Seeing the pride in a first grader's eyes when he reads his first book to you.
- Being spit up on routinely at least twice a day.
- The British preacher talking about freedom from addictions and for the first time understanding what it means to have "authority" over your life.
- Having a poor translation explaining why there were ambulances, firetrucks, and police cars a block down from our church this morning. All the wrong words, including a four letter word starting with "b" were used to describe a routine building demolition.
- The excitement I felt when I realized I could watch a different episode of "The office" every night on my TV.
- Hearing the Iftar cannon going off signaling that the restaurants were now open.
- Having the Ministry of Education announce that the Eid holiday will be extended one more day giving me 10 days of vacation with "brother bear".
- Reading in the local news about the earthquake the day before and finding out that I was the only person in town who didn't feel anything.
- Finding out from local experts what to do if there is ANOTHER earthquake and I actually have a clue what's going on.
- Visiting Papa Johns, Subway, and Fuddruckers just because I missed America.
