I had an amazing day today! Well, it started out the wrong way with my alarm clock going off at 5:05am, generally I prefer a 9am wake up call.
However, my counterparts called me at 5:25am to make sure I was up and ready to leave! This may not seem like it deserves an exclamation point, but it does{ it{s the first time it has ever happened! Then, I get to the office and they tell me we are only going out for the day, not dropping me off for three days!
We go to the town, stopping for coffee on the way and get there at 8:30am. Everyone is waiting for us, and they serve us breakfast. It turns out we only have two houses to measure to, and I have my counterparts do the work since they wanted to learn. We were joking the entire morning. We get done at 11am, have fresh tea from a fruit whose name I don{t know in English, then head back to the car. There we practice with another machine, and have lunch. Shortly after we leave, and get this, we stopped at a place to play pool!
To understand that, you have to understand that only prostitutes are found in pool halls here, and that I avoid them at all costs. We opened the place up, so no one else was there, and because I was with 3 guys, when other people did come, no one said anything to me! No insult, no cat call (which I have come to consider insults) and I got to play! They play by different rules, but I was just excited. That was one of the things I was excited to be able to do in the states, go to a pool hall! I wont even walk by one at night here.
So, a little while later we come back to town, I showered, then bought myself a new shirt. I was hanging out with a very good friend and sitemate M, and then my friend made dinner. We found someplace that sells decent quality meat at a good price, so I might actually incorporate meat into my diet now!
And now I am at the internet cafe! Later we will hang out more.
A great day.
Oh, and if you don{t send a letter to me by the end of next week, I may or may not get it before I leave.
Jill
