Sunning on the Roof: December 3

After our 4 am laundry session, Joe decided to give the roof another go. Since the rains had washed away his last attempt, he took advantage of the sun and used up the last of the waterproofing supplies. However, despite showering in sun block, the sun took its revenge by giving Joe a nasty burn on his lower back. Hopefully we’ll have a dry house to show for it! We spent the afternoon resting and planning for our upcoming vacation before treating ourselves to a nice evening run along the outskirts of the village. Since it was our turn to cook the Sunday meal for the family, we decided to surprise Ma and Dora with a traditional fare of umratha, spinach, beans, butternut squash and veggies. We had borrowed Ma’s utensils in order to make the umratha and were pretty proud of our first attempt at cooking it by ourselves- it was actually edible! The only problem was that Ma and Dora were nowhere to be found. We knocked on their door three separate times and tried calling and SMSing before finally sitting down to dinner alone. Although worried about the whereabouts of our family, we enjoyed our traditional meal almost as much as the sheep enjoyed our leftovers. [We later found out that Ma had been sick that evening and had gone to bed early. She was very upset to have missed our dinner, but we assured her that there would be many more over the next two years.]