Thursday...

It's Thursday already? Oh my gosh!  We are coming up on being here a week already! Most days have flown by so far (they all have their moments though of being a little pokey)...I guess I'm not going to promise a new post everyday because I've already missed two days these week; it seems like we have been getting back to our hotel really late the late few nights so by the time I get here I'm reading to chill and watch a movie or something. 

Wednesday
So we started a countdown the other day and we are still excited about being here, but we just thought it would be fun to have one going :)  It is also going to help keep on us track as far as managing our time here and making sure we get to do what we want.  As of Wednesday we have 79 days left and only 11 weekends. Cam went to work as usual yesterday and I spent the day getting stuff figured out here in our room--I also went out with Sara again and we ate lunch in the Capitol area where they happened to be having a market.  We checked out the market as well as some more shops (she was trying to get last minute gifts for everyone).  I spent the rest of the afternoon here catching up on emails and organizing.  When Cam got home we went out by ourselves for the first time and went to the ATM and then walked around for a little while.  We ended up eating dinner at the same place we went that first day we were here and it was pretty tasty.  After dinner we met up with two of Cam and Rob's co-workers to celebrate Rob and Sara's last 12 weeks here.  We went to an English Pub called George and The Dragon where it was loud, smelly, and very hot (no AC!).  We all had a pretty good time though and they had a quiz time where we answered questions about random facts and the best part was that the announcer asked in both English and French-- Rob and Sara told us that most English pubs around here have people who speak English--we were originally named Team Airbus, but that got switched to "Flying Circus".  Believe it or not we actually got 3rd place! Well I say we, but really it was a team effort and Cam and I didn't contribute very much--wasn't our era so we didn't know many of the answers (I said quiz me on Luke Bryan and we would have won hands down ;) ) By the time we got home last night it was after midnight!  It actually rained last night too--woke up this morning to thunder and lightening! Sweet!

Thursday
According to my calculations it is now down to 78 days before we leave--I get excited thinking about it because Rob and Sara leave tomorrow and they are more than ready to go and seeing how excited they are makes me excited for when our time comes!  They wouldn't have traded the trip for anything,but they are ready to use a washer/dryer again and to be able to snuggle with their pets they left behind :)  That being said though I am not ready to go home quite yet because we still have lots to do and see--I know 78 days sounds like a lot but when you look at a calendar its not as many as you think! I have also been having lots of fun emailing and Facetiming/Skyping everyone--it's nice to know what's going on back home!  Anyways--enough of the countdown!  Back to today--this morning I spent a chunk of my time handwashing a week's worth of laundry.  Jealous yet? You should be.  I tore a chunk of skin off my right thumb (of course my right--the one I use everything for!) before I was even half way through wringing out the clothes so my left arm got to work out today :) It was an interesting experience using the tub and filling it with scalding hot water and laundry soap--I have a tremendous appreciation for my washer and dryer at home (and Melinda's washer/dryer where you can do three loads and be done basically!) I will be washing everything from our trip the first day we get back whether or not we wore it here (although by then we will have probably worn almost everything)...I tried to follow how Sara said she washed her clothes but it didn't work out very well so I will be experimenting in the weeks to come--I will also be doing smaller loads so maybe that will make it more fun :) After spending most of the morning doing that (and other chores like the dishwasher) I finally made it to lunch with Sara and we went to Subway.  It's actually pretty similar to back home which is nice...we then walked around for a little while but it was starting to get hot and humid and we are going to a nice dinner tonight so we decided to head back in order to save the outfits we already have on. We are going to Meet the Meat which is one of the nicer restaurants here they said--they have only been once before but they wanted to save it for their last night in France.  The restaurant has all sorts of meat including duck--I think I will stick with chicken although I've had my fair share of ham the last few days...Depending on how Cam and I like it tonight we might take Kerry and Melinda back when they come out to see us :)  So until Cam gets home which is only about 2 1/2 hours I will be messing with laundry (if it's dry already) and emailing people back.  We hope you are all having a great week!  Love and Miss you All!

J