February 27th: Sorry This is Going to Be Boring

Hello hello, all, no time for a long fancy thing but I'll whip up something quick, how does that sound? 

A couple things have occured in the past week. First things first, our UAB (unaccompanied air baggage) came today, hip hip hooray! This means that we've now got a lot of our cooking things, some more clothes, my owl shower curtain, my typewriter and some other odds and ends. What I'm really hoping to get soon is our HHE (household equipment or something like that), which has my books in it. Dunno when we'll get that but I'm itching for stuff to read, as I've read the ones I have at least three times already since we've been here.

This past Sunday night was an Oscars party over at the embassy. Not many people attended but the few that did dressed up in ball gowns and tuxes. Since we didn't have our fancy things yet, I wore a work dress. Luckily, our neighbour L had an extra ball gown that she let me try on and it fit wonderfully, so I wore that on the red carpet. It was a good time, I was pleased to hear that Argo won Best Picture and Anne Hathaway won Best Supporting Actress.

Tuesday was my first day at REBUILD Globally, an organization that, among other things, makes high quality sandals out of recycled tires and leather jackets (they strip the lining from the jackets and use the outer leather for the shoes). My friend W and I will be helping out there a few days a week. One of our responsibilities is to get the garden up and running, which I am excited about. There's a lot of freedom to come up with our own projects, which I really enjoy. W is also working on getting a soccer field cleared out for the kids to play on. More on that later, because I've only had one day there so far.

Today (aside from our UAB), I seem to have come down with the Haitian Sensation. Not sure how - I probably accidentally swallowed some of the tap water or something -  but I'm feeling kind of gross. Woe is me. Whine whine whine.

Movie night tonight with the 'rents. Spaghetti for dinner? Spaghetti for dinner.
More later.

s'laters