update on some of the small things

I'm back. So you didn't know I was gone? You just thought I was a lame-o poster. Well, let it be known that I am a woman of mystery. You just never know where I am going to turn up. For now, let the mystery be dispersed... I am back in my little apartment, after just over a week away. So, for those of you wondering why I haven't emailed. Sorry about that.

So here it is. I am back. A few small but notable things:

notable things:

Favourite moments of the last few days:
-hiked up a small mountain with some friends, then sat on the grass of a plateau, enjoying the sun and the breeze and the company. Also had a short but enjoyable worship time up there. Whose heart wouldn't swell singing "How Great Thou Art" while perched up on a mountain overlooking the ocean?

-Shared a few jokes with a girl from another country while speaking the local language, well she inserted some key english phrases that made the meaning oh so clear. She is a fun friend and a bonifide crazy woman. I appreciate that.

-Celebrated my hubby's birthday while we were away. Always fun to celebrate him.

Least fav moment of the last few days:

- at a rest stop, my foot got wet when I flushed because the flusher blasted the water out like a fire hose. Who wants gas station toilet water on their sandalled foot?

Interesting notable from the last few days:

I went to the store with the talking birds yesterday. The birds were talking and making other sounds... I was looking at something in my hand when I heard the sound of someone hoarking, and I cast my eyes up to the birds and I thought , "no, it couldn't be!" and then, the bird made a loud hoarking noise again! Ay carumba. Yes people here hoark, a lot.* It's not considered rude. So they hoark. I'm pretty used to it. I don't cringe like I used to..... but it's not my favourite thing that's for sure.

Unexpected notable thing:
While hiking down the little mountain, I fell twice in short order. Both times I put down my hand to stop myself. Kinda hurt my one wrist. What I didn't realize at the time was that this was a good thing. You see, I have a thing on my wrist called a ganglion. It sounds gross, but it's not that bad. It is a bump under the skin, I won't go into what it is... but it's pretty harmless. However... today is the second day after falling and the pain is gone in my wrist, and the bump has become much smaller. (it was filled with fluid..sorry if that's too much detail)... but now, my wrist feels great. In fact it feels better than it has for years. I think that the bump was putting some undue pressure on my wrist that I didn't realize. Now I can lean on my wrist without any discomfort. When I fell I guess I broke the bump open, for the most part it drained and relieved pressure.
Now I'm going to stop talking about drainage... but you get the point.... I'm quite happy about the whole thing.

Most wasteful thing:
Made apple crisp. Might have been the first time I ever made it in my life. Unfortunately I used some of my precious "from Canada" brown sugar, but it didn't turn out very well. The apples were too old and therefore not juicy enough, and I over cooked it. I have realized that the timing of an apple crisp is the key. Then if that weren't enough of a waste- dry apple crisp.... I forgot to bring it with us on our trip so it sat in our fridge for a long time. Bah.

Ok, that's the latest.... how are things with you all?


*just to give some cultural insight, there are some things that we think are culturally ok, but the people here find disgusting...example: picking your teeth ... they think that's pretty gross unless you cover your mouth well. Just like we think hoarking is pretty undesirable, but it's ok to do here, they think picking the teeth is disgusting, but we are much less bothered by it.