... But I'm still eating well :) Since the generator goes off at 4pm these days, I've been having time to do some exercize, and make some nice suppers, all on the same day. And it's been making me happy. There is something to having a bit of a balanced life, you know? Today, I made beautiful scalloped potatoes (without the cheese, butter and heavy cream, of course, but by Jb standards, I thought they were pretty darn amazing!), and I ate them with the last of the sausages in the freezer (and I use the term "freezer" lightly, since it's more of a very cold fridge, without much electricity, but so far, I have not poisoned myself with the sausages :) ).
It's nice to have had a bit of a slower week in terms of the office work - the past few months have been rather crazy, and I was pretty tired. I'm feeling much less tired at the end of this week than I usually am, so that is a very good thing. I'm sitting here on my couch, listening to the how the world is going a bit crazy out there on BBC radio, enjoying the cool breeze from the fan, and thinking about the fact that life is not too bad these days. There's lots to be thankful for:
It's nice to have had a bit of a slower week in terms of the office work - the past few months have been rather crazy, and I was pretty tired. I'm feeling much less tired at the end of this week than I usually am, so that is a very good thing. I'm sitting here on my couch, listening to the how the world is going a bit crazy out there on BBC radio, enjoying the cool breeze from the fan, and thinking about the fact that life is not too bad these days. There's lots to be thankful for:
- I have a bucket full of peanut butter (yes, I mean a bucket full of peanut butter - I asked one of the women who works here to make me some peanut butter. She goes to the market, buys the peanuts, shells them and cleans them up, roasts them, and then grinds them into pure deliciousness for me. But she doesn't seem to realize that I am one person in the house and even I really can't eat THAT much peanut butter! Anyway, it does last for quite a while, and I might even could make some peanut butter cookie things.)
- I have a very cozy house which is full of more stuff than I really need (even though I got news this week that my rent is going up $100 as of 1 October!).
- I get to spend my days doing a job which I really quite enjoy (at least, most of the time!)
- There's no one protesting at any embassies here in my town, and I am safe and pretty secure here in my little compound.
- God is here.
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