Snuggly Sunday

So me and Zane are snuggled under the covers on my bed at 3 on a Sunday afternoon. I've had a hot cup of tea, Zane's had a nice fish head, and I have a good book... which I'll read as soon as I post this blog. The rain is falling and looks like it will continue to fall for quite some time. It's great to have a chance to snuggle under the covers on a Sunday afternoon, knowing that there's nothing I have to do except try to stay warm and enjoy my book. God knew what he was doing when he made Sunday afternoons, and especially rainy Sunday afternoons!I skipped church this morning, since there was really no room for me in the truck that went. They already squashed 6 people in the cab of the Hilux pick up (ok, it IS an extended cab, but still...). It was a very convenient excuse for just spending some quiet time at home without anyone around. I danced through the halls for a minute, and then shared some chocolate with Jackie before listening to a sermon on my MP3 player. Yup, it's nice to have some peace and quiet now and again. I think Zane even enjoyed the time alone, since he came and sat on my lap for a while.

Last night was a hoot and a half, though! Two of our neighbors are enjoying their birthdays this weekend. So we had a little BBQ last night! Who would have thought that it would rain too hard and be too cold to stand outside around the BBQ?! But we all managed to fit into the neighbor's sitting room and had a wonderful time. The meat on the grill was amazing - there was both leg of goat and a big side of beef, as well as a bit of chicken and some fish. Yum yum. I was a complete mooch last night and went empty handed except for a little dish of sweets! But I DID help K to chop veggies for the salad and brought over some chairs... Sometimes a girl's gotta be a mooch, just because it didn't seem too feasible for me to walk through the rain to the market yesterday to pick up a bit of meat for myself to slap on the BBQ!

The party was great because we even played good party games! I love being in groups of adults who can be silly with each other. Another interesting observation was that there was only one person last night who is still in his 20s. And even at that, he was the birthday boy who will be turning 30 tomorrow. Everyone else was in their 30s or above... Man, I'm getting old...

I seem to be relying on the kindness of our neighbors a lot lately. In fact, the very fact that I am snuggled in my bed and online at the same time is due to their kindness. Our router is broken, so I can only access the Internet through their connection... which they've kindly given me to wep key to! Somehow, Jackie and I need to find a way to fix up our Internet again for everyone else to use this week. Wouldn't be so bad, except that we have a house full of people who like to use Internet here for the Psalms workshop that's going on for another week!

The kinder these neighbors are to me, the more sad I get to know that the time with them is limited. They will all be leaving soon so that other folks from our organization can move in. But I'm a little curious as to exactly how and when that's all happening. I can foresee an awkward situation coming up in a few weeks when someone is planning to move up here and have a house ready... but no one curretnly on the compound seems ready to move out... I guess I'm a little bit glad that I'm not going to be here when that all takes place - I hate awkward situations. But I pray that relationships can remain intact through it all!

Sorry, this isn't a very exciting post. But our Richard and our Grace are gone, which means there's just not the much entertainment around here these days!