Well folks, it's been 2 days already and I've barely kept my new promise. But, here is a post to explain the past few days' occurrences.
I'll start with today. Today was our first full day off. It was also laundry day for this laY human being. I woke up at 9:30, talked to Josh for about 10 minutes, and then we both fell back asleep until 11:30 (an unsurprising event for me, but Morning Man Josh himself fell asleep). I woke up, readied myself for the day, and then got to the laundry part of Laundry Day. I washed each piece of clothing in the sink full of detergent water, rinsed them, and wrung them out, and arranged them on the balcony to dry. I did all this myself, with my bare hands (well, a bemused Josh took back one of the pairs of shorts that I had not wrung out properly and told me "you've got to wrong them out dude!"). Now I have clean clothes to wear!
Then it was backgammon with Erin R. and Jamie. After the games we bought some lunch at the bakery across the street (this time it was oj and a Greek cheese "sandwich." it was quite good.)
A that point in the day, I asked someone the time, and I found out it was 4:30. We experimented with some fun swing dance moves (in one of them the girl backflips, and it's prett much amazing).Iron Chef Josh prepared a delicious meal with chicken cooked with tomatoes, fresh lemons, and garlic.
The night had more bumper cars. There are few things as euphoric as smashing into your friends and being smashed into them at high speeds. Oh, and somewhere in there Josh bought me an ice cream cone.
As you can see, the theme I today is "josh is pretty much the best." that's probably because he is :-)
There is a lot more to say, like: I went to a catholic mass yesterday, visited a Greek Orthodox monastery (and got angry at the brilliant wealth and the endless icons), I began reading a book by Peter Singer about world poverty and our response to it, I love my parents and my sister, I swam in the Mediteraenean, realized that I miss friends like Andrew Odell, Luke Wilhelm, and Noah Lewis (among others), and that there is basically no hope of an ultimate frisbee game at any point on this trip.
Well, that's all for today
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Haha, sounds fun! Wow, five weeks (almost) without Ultimate Frisbee... How have you survived!? :-P I guess life does go on without it... :-D
ReplyDeleteNice to know you got your laundry done & that Josh is there to help you wring it out correctly! I would agree that Josh is pretty much the best. And I am hoping this would not be the first time you have done your laundry since you have been gone...I love you too. Mom
ReplyDeleteSome things don't change no matter where you are, such as you going back to sleep!!! It might be a first for Superman Josh, though! Remember, you can only turn your boxers inside out so many times before you need to wash them. The countdown is on for us: Seven days til we meet again1
ReplyDeleteLove ya and miss ya lots,
Pater familias
Sounds amazing, as always, Chris!
ReplyDeleteI've been "playing" a little "bumper cars" of my own. Only, not the game kind (the accident was the other guys' fault). And as a result, your kind father has lent me your car 'til your return. So this is a thank you, although you had no idea about it (probably)!
Ah...laundry the good old fashioned way! When I was in Honduras we used a "pila" (concrete basin with crushed stone ridges) and it involved mucho scrubbing, rinsing, and wringing! Jeans were especially fun. :o\
ReplyDeleteForgot to say that after 4 months I came home and kissed the washer and dryer.
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