This morning at 4:00 a.m. I was awake, and had been for some time. I watched the clock and at 4:08 I decided to wake Alan. I nudged his foot with mine and said, "It's time to wake up. It's time for you to go to Ethiopia."
"OK, I'm getting up. I need to go to Ethiopia today," was his reply. He was still somewhat asleep.
I thought it was funny.
It is so dark at 5:00 in the morning. We arrived at the airport at 6:00 am and Alan checked in. The airport was very crowded for Idaho Falls. Both Delta and United had flights to SLC and Denver. We said goodbye and Alan flew to Denver for the first leg of his long trip to Ethiopia. He is very happy and excited to be up, up, and away.
I drove home and went to sleep. He called when he got to Washington Dulles airport. He couldn't find Ethiopian airlines. I didn't know if he was calling because he thought I knew where Ethiopian airlines was located, or because he just wanted to hear the sweet dulcet tones of his wife's voice.
Let me assure everyone - Alan is having the time of his life.
It reminds me of when we were in Hong Kong and Alan ventured into the part of the city (at night, no less), where the guide told us not to go. Black market amd illegal activities galore. He loved it and was excited to tell me what he had done when he got back to the hotel.
Alan has started his own little blog about his "Ethiopian Experiences." Check it out if you want at
Tomorrow is our ward primary program. After I woke up from my morning nap, I got to work making carmel corn (six recipes) for my little primary sweeties after the meetings. I put together, with Morgan's help, some really cute treat bags containing carmel corn, a tootsie pop and licorice. We made 55 bags altogether. Check out the recipe for the carmel corn at ksl. studio five, recipes, desserts, cinnamon white chocolate carmel corn.
After I got all the popcorn made, we went to the 2nd annual German Food Festival sponsored by the Zions Lutheran church here in Ashton. And when I say German, I mean German. Lots of strong cabbage tastes and smells. Very good sauerkraut and brats and pigs in a blanket, which were just stuffed cabbage. And for those adventurous mormons who ventured in, yummy scummy kool-aid. They (the Lutherans) did feel bad about the schalacking we (mormon BYU fans) were taking at the hands of TCU. I almost asked them to say a prayer for us as we were leaving. Anyway, I was glad we went to the Ashton version of Oktober Fest. It was a good day - even though my better half is winging his way to Africa.
4 comments:
What a funny story. "I have to go to Ethiopia today" may quickly work it's way into the family lexicon. I can hear us saying whenever we have a long arduous job in front of us. By the way, what is yummy-scummy kool-aid? I'm rather curious. I enjoyed all the information that Alan gave to us in his blog. What a great way of keeping us all aware of what will be going on while he is in eastern Africa. I've been busy you tubing Ethiopian music and Ethiopian drumming. I want to hear more.
I hope you don't get too lonely with Alan gone. You are always welcome at my house. I hope the Primary program went well. I will have to check out Alan's blog. I kept on thinking of him today and where he was at specific times. I hope his journey went off without a hitch.
Wow, what exciting times for him.
i also kept thinking of alan yesterday on his way to africa. i haven't checked out his blog yet, but i will. hope you have plenty of fun things to do to keep your mind off missing him. leah and lily should help in that department.
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