Errands

I love errands.  I think I should have been a personal assistant to someone, because I'm quite happy if someone just gives me a list and says, "go do it!".  So I gave myself a list today and went and did it!  I almost got most things done.  I didn't actually think that I would get everything done, because, well, that's just expecting a little too much from this place.  But I got a surprising number of things done, and even got a few little extra unexpected bits done, too!

I was surprised to find that there was very little produce in the market today.  There wasn't a tomato to be found.  Nor a pineapple.  Nor any decent bananas.  I found some potatoes.  Lots of eggplants.  A scrawny little cucumber, and a few green peppers, which have doubled in price!  There were several "stalls" in the market which weren't even open at all - I guess the sellers just didn't even have enough produce to sell to even bother showing up!  Really, a bit strange for this time of year.  I just hope it doesn't continue!  Or else I'm going to have to expand my repertoire of eggplant recipes. It's also making me very glad that we have a garden full of green leafy things, full of iron and other delicious vitamins!  Which reminds me that I forgot to finish my bowl of leaves at supper time - I stuck them in the fridge to eat later... I think later has come :)

Man, salad is GOOD.  I'm starting to feel a bit like a goat, though, as I've been eating a big bowl of leaves every evening for supper over the past week or so!  The bigger these leaves get, the more pepper they get.  I looked it up online, and in my dialect of English, we call it arugula.  Wowzers, that just might have been a bit too much of the peppery leaves tonight - the inside of my mouth and my lips feel a bit... well, zesty or something!

My phone has also been ringing all day.  Most exciting call was from the Acting Governor of this State!  He called me to personally thank me for a CD that I dropped off at his office with fonts so he can type his language on his computer!  Cool, eh?  A person phone call from a Governor.  He calls and says, "This is [first name]..." and it's just lucky that I remembered the guy's name, so I knew who I was talking to right away!  I sometimes shake my head and wonder how I get myself into these things.  Chatting on the phone with the Governor!  I love my life :)