lazy dayz

On Tuesday I surprised the new couple with breakfast in bed, since it was their first morning as a couple, at the “new house”. Abbas lives here now and I guess they will live here until September, when Merja moves away and then they look for an apartment of their own. Tuesday was pretty chilled. Went out for a walk in hunt of mishkaki for lunch and found a great place just around the corner. So I bought mishkaki for all of us and cooked rice and a sauce to go with it, but Marina and Abbas were stuck in the city so they never made it for lunch. So I went for a swim with Merja. We were supposed to go out for Ethiopian food, but Marina and Abbas were quite tired so decided to stay in instead. As for me, I went out for a beer with David, whom I haven’t seen in two years. It was good to go to George and Dragons (a pub). Everything was the same. Nothing had changed since I left. …

the roads in Msasaki after the rain

schoolgirls in the city

I went to the city with Marina the next day, because we had to get a new iron. We went to see the mother in law, who gave me three suits (so sweet of her). We also had lunch there with Abbas’ family and then hurried back to the house before traffic got bad. Ethiopian plans got cancelled again, cause the new couple went out for dinner with Abba’ sister and her family. So, instead of staying home alone I went out for some dinner with David and with dinner I mean the fine mishkaki I also had the day before. It was heavenly. For some very odd reason there was a Michael Jackson concert dvd playing at that local restaurant, which was pretty scary cause people were crying and got carried away after fainting all the time (in the dvd I mean). We started thinking about MJ and bet on how many surgeries has he had. David went for 45 and I aimed for 47. Guess what: he’s had 37.

me and Otso

Merja, Teemu, Abbas and
Aasiyah at Ethiopian restaurant

That’s pretty much what my first week has been like. I’ve been enjoying long walks with Otso, enjoying amazing fruit salads and fresh fruits in general. On Thursday I walked to the tailors to make my mom a dress as a surprise (except I blurted it out to on skype later that day).  Even though I was pretty tired of the morning walk I spent more than an hour with Otso again, but got rewarded in the evening since we finally made it to the Ethiopian restaurant and omg was the food heavenly. So good. The only thing that bummed me out was that there was no electricity in the restaurant so we only had two candles and no air con while waiting for the food. The good news is that when the food arrived they finally managed to get the generator working so we were able to see what we were eating. Haha.

ethiopian omnomnom

Ps. I miss my mommmyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy