Exciting evening

17 September 2008

Bad start to the evening.  Miriam said she would come at 7 - 7:30.  I told her how to get here but quite forgot that it was not going to be possible for her to work it out in the dark.   She tried to call and I assumed she must be on her way so went out in the dark to meet her.  Stood under a street light waiting for all the line taxis and trying to call her but there was 'no network'.  Beleta sitting in his shop wanted to come and stand with me.   Eventually, two youths came by and tried to snatch my phone.  All hell broke loose, two youths went running off down the road followed by half the neighbourhood and me shouting at everybody that I still had my phone and they hadn't got anything.  The main excitement in Gonder tonight. 

After much too ing and fro ing, Miriam finally turned up.

Felafels were ok - Miriam said they were good, I wasn't so sure.  But the real disaster was trying to make bananas and custard for desert. Yuk!

The milk for the yogurt comes straight from the cow.  Now I don't know what to do.  This is the best yogurt I've had.  Tomorrow morning it will be sitting there beckoning to me to eat with the lovely museli from Bumble Bee and in the other ear will be Monty saying to be careful.............

I have eaten two batches of it and have to say I not only feel fine but think it is positively good for me.
 
On the other hand, I am being bitten to death.  I can't bear it.  Nothing I do seems to get rid of them.  Mekdes is keeping the house meticulously clean and spraying regularly but still I'm being bitten.