Monday and Tuesday were bad- I told Brian I have never been so tempted to impulsively say, "I quit this job as of right now!" as I was on those days! Wednesday was better- I did remember that for so long I have wanted to be a missionary, and here I am- doing it. I love this life and wouldn't choose anything else!
Thursday was Ethiopian Christmas and Brian came down on the motorcycle to pick me up. After working in the clinic on three days that I had wished I was in Addis, it was a little bit sad to leave when the Langano church was getting a program ready, asking me if I was going to be there, etc. I do love holidays with Ethiopians. Brian came on his bike and I had made "Potatoes Anna" from the cooking light cookbook- it was a yummy breakfast on the veranda with him: the potatoes and strawberry smoothies and the goat cheese, too!! We've been really enjoying that.
We planned to leave Langano at 1 pm, but we got a flat on the way out which was a MAJOR delay! We had to drive the tire in a car out to town (45 minutes each way) to get it patched and reinflated, then back to Langano to put the tire back on, then headed out to Addis around 4:30 pm!! We had good talks on the way there about where to work: Brian is so open to the farm idea, he's had more communication with Mike and it seems clear that they could very feasibly work together well.
It has been so fun to be with him. I love riding on the back of his bike, and as we stop and have a drink and discuss things, we have so little tension between us right now- it is amazing and fun. With all my frustrations and bad moods about Langano he has been just so nice and understand, asking questions, not wanting extra stress in marriage, great. And when we talk about Bingham, he is just as concerned about how to not work 13 hour days as I am, like we share the same concerns instead of one and not the other. I do love being with him, and I'm tired of leaving Addis without him! At least that won't be for too much longer.
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