GABBY - Happy Birthday Momma!
Today, my mom turns another year older (won’t say which
one), but she looks younger than ever!
It’s weird not being able to call her and say “Happy Birthday”. Today my family is spread out over 3
different continents: USA, Africa, and Asia.
Well, Mom if/when you read this, Happy Birthday, I love you!
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| Andries, the professional photographer and Allderman family friend |
Ben, Corinne and I held down the fort today because Sarel
and the Germans left for a full day in the park and John and Cheryl went to
P.E. to prepare for their night of braiing with friends and time away from the backpackers. It is still a
little unclear where they are going, but we know it will be just us tonight and
most of the day tomorrow. We made some
delicious egg, Vienna (hot dog), mushroom, and cheese breakfast sandwiches
before getting to our maintenance work.
Ben began cleaning our flat from last night’s carnage, while I talked
kak with Kait, Andries, and Corinne. I
joined him to take the rickety, wooden pong table back to its rightful place
outside of Hazel and Randy’s. As we
walked, pieces of the table fell to the ground.
We made it to the restaurant with about 3/4 of the table we started
with. Yikes, that will be the last time
anyone ever plays a drinking game on that table. Ben and I split up the chores, me on mopping
our flat and Ben on window painting. I
finished mopping and then started varnishing the wooden door I sanded 2 days
ago. I worked for awhile until Corinne
and Andy decided it was time for lunch.
We just went right up the road to Lenmore’s and got some premade curry
bunnies – fried dough sandwiches with curry veggies and ground beef in the
middle. After lunch we returned to
painting and varnishing. I listened to
the Beyond Unison mixes, which made the time go quickly. I finished the door as John and Cheryl pulled
in. John gave me some positive remarks
on the door, which was unexpected. We
lounged around for the rest of the day, saying goodbye to John and Cheryl for
the weekend. I started to feel sick with
some stomach pains, so I went to snooze it off for awhile. 2 ½ hours later, Ben woke me up and got me
moving again. At around 8:00, the kids
finally rallied and started preparing for dinner. We had pretty immaculate burgers with
toppings of tomatoes, lettuce, hot cheese sauce, fried onions, sweet Thai chili
sauce, and cheddar cheese. Corrine and
Kait even whipped up some chips (fries)!
We ate outside as one big happy family and divvied up jobs for dish
duty. I think we had a record number of
people in the kitchen to help clean up – 6.
Many hands make light work!
Everyone was exhausted (except for me due to my 2 ½ hour nap), so we
went back to our flat, finished the 5th (2nd) Star Wars
movie and fell asleep. I’m not sure what
we are going to do because we are missing the 6th and final movie,
which happens to be my favorite. We have
to find it somewhere. I feel as I have
some unfinished business with Darth Vader to attend to.
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| Lisa and Regina - the 2 German volunteers |
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