Wulinchila!

Yes people, they do exist. Baby donkeys are not mythical creatures. I know, I was surprised as well, but donkeys are not born into this world old men who eat thistles and grouch pessimistically about pigs.

And aren't they just the cutest things ever!

Weather

Most of the time my life involves lots of sun and dust (You should see my epic tan). Sometimes it rains, which means I either read in my room while drink apple cider or sit quietly in my classroom with my students because it's really hard to hear anything with rain pounding on a metal roof.

Every once in a while It hails . . .

Snow in July.

The Techie Fair

The Techie Fair

There is a technical school behind my house in Deneba. This school teaches trades to young people from word working and metal shop to IT and automotive mechanics. They threw a giant fair to display what their students were learning.

And then there was light.

There was a raffle for the bedroom set made by one of the woodworking teachers.

Not just the bedroom set was on display . . .

My friend Jeff and I got a tour of the facilities.

There were even games.

No goal.

You can pay 2 birr to play the games. You see the tiny pot hanging out on the right? The guy with the stick on the left has to whack it. Whoever hits it gets all the money in the pot. It's like a little clay piñata.

It's really hard.

I didn't come close.

4th of July

Yes I am aware it is not independence day today.

That doesn't matter.

By the time you read this I will either be on a plane to America or actually in America eating a burrito or drink a beer or taking a shower. It literally doesn't matter what I'll be doing because I'll be home and that's all that matters. So in honor of my vacation home, here are some pictures of what I was doing on my country's birthday.

After my training we all went for chai-buna. My treat.

And then my counterpart's wife made me coffee and lunch and I watched her crochet like a boss.