It's been a short work-week for Andrey. Monday was the day for neighborhood elections and so was declared a national holiday, Thursday was All Saints Day and today is All Souls Day; both of which a very big catholic holidays. Most Filipinos spend at least some time with family visiting their deceased relatives' graves.
So Andrey was home with me again today which was nice. We've had quite a lot of time together having just come off of a month furlough. We recently remarked that all the time together has been good for our relationship and hasn't caused us to become sick of each other. We're thankful for that.
We had a fun day yesterday. We stayed home in the morning with our usual Saturday-morning-like routine of making breakfast, drinking coffee, listening to music and working on our computers. We even called some friends in DC and I had a good talk with my mom. In the afternoon we picked up our friend Kim and went to try out the pool at our friend's housing subdivision. Unfortunately it was closed for the holiday so we ended up going for a walk in the neighborhood which happens to be up a mountain. There are some nice views of the city up there. We went to Starbucks after for a treat and I saw a gal there I had met briefly in the past who I knew was a single missionary so I asked her to join us for dinner. She came back with us and we enjoyed some yummy chili, cornbread, and salad. It's nice to make another friend.
Today we went to look at a house for rent. We don't need to move until March but the owner of the house is eager to find someone now who can commit to renting her house beginning in March. It's super close to where we're living now. We weren't that excited about the place, as it's kind of old and dingie but we may be able to make it work since it's in our price range. We'll see.
So the rest of today we really just were at home together working on our computers. I'm finally starting to get caught up with things and with keeping in touch with people. Oh we did manage to go downstairs and play 2 games of pool. Andrey beat me both times. I don't like losing but i'm getting better at handling it like a mature adult - an impressive skill at 32 don't you think?
We may watch a movie soon. I'm extremely tired for some reason and it's only 8:45pm. Lame. Let's see if I can talk Andrey into watching the romantic comedy (Licensed to Wed, i think it's called) instead of Transformers.
2 comments:
It must be interesting to have such "Catholic" holidays. What's up with your current place? I thought that was a good setup? Is the family coming back?
What's happening with your housing?
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