Easter

Easter was good this year. I took the day off, which wouldn't normally be weird except for that it's been a while since I did that. I was really excited because some of my local friends had asked if they could come to celebrate with us but then their cousin's car got hit by a piece of shrap metal and exploded so they couldn't come. (that might sound like a fake excuse but it's pretty believeable. yah, it's been a seriously long week) About 5pm the electricity went off, it was 125 outside and 95 in our apartment but what can you do?

We had already cooked the ham and stuff and at 6 did a little service. By the time we were ready to eat it was dark. We lit about 15 candles and had a candlight dinner, although can I just say that candlelight dinners don't really work out all that well without some kind of soft backlighting. Just imagine trying to mash potatoes, fix a plate, eat, clean up leftovers, rearrange the fridge to fit the leftovers, etc in the dark. It was...fun...I guess. We had to leave dishes all over the kitchen since we couldn't see to clean them and then sat and stared at each other for a few hours. What else can you do in the dark? Eventually after they messed with the generator for a while it finally started and we had lights and fans, but that was about 10 and it was time to go to bed. At some point the power came back on in the night.

So I guess Easter wasn't really all that exciting, but it's amazing how the simplicity of life over here really helps us to focus on the real reason for celebrating.