5/24 Day 6 My Jason

5/24 Day 6 My Jason

I was so happy to talk to my jason tonight! He called at 4:30 on the dot! The Podolskis babysat T while i chatted on the phone downstairs. AHHHH I miss home so much! I actually am sad to think of leaving Ethiopia too!! There is so much to take in and I spent the first few days jet lagged and disoriented!

Poor neighbor! they were the ones who just arrived last night...they have no hot water so she is using my shower! I have been taking my showers in the early, early morning like at 5:30 am so that i definitely have hot water. I hope they get it fixed!

Abel said the elections were held with no problems on Sunday. He said they aren't expecting a huge change in the outcome so the announcement of the results tomorrow shouldn't cause any upset.

Tonight's dinner was yummy again! It was left over noodles and cheese as well as breaded, super thin chicken strips. Just something so simple and so good! We always get a chuckle at dinner. Whenever we walk in there are always two glass bottles of soda waiting for each of us. Soda is a treat here for us because mostly we just have access to bottled water, so the first time we saw two sodas we were like "YAY, two sodas!!!" and only the next day did i wonder maybe we were supposed to choose the one we wanted like coke or orange and NOT both?!? But since this happened we always take the extra soda to our rooms. So now the staff probably thinks this is what we do in America! lol

Another interesting tid bit is that English is the language used in Addis Ababa in every day business life. We noticed most of the billboards and signs had the Amharic words and just as big, printed right underneath is English. So its pretty neat to see and i hope i have some good pictures that represent this.

Abel was telling us that Addis is growing and there is a hi demand for housing where in some places right outside of the city cost maybe 300 birr to rent and in Addis the same house or apartment would cost 2500 birr!

There is also a large influx of Chinese workers coming to work in Addis Ababa mostly on telecommunications, electrical, and infrastructure. The city is growing and these things are in high demand.

Also there is such a stark difference between the poor and the wealthy and where they live in Addis Ababa. most large cities usually have sections or parts where more wealthy or more poor people live. In Addis it's very common for these neighborhood lines to not exist! It's the strangest, most unique thing about Addis ,i think!

I still cant believe i am sitting in a guest house, in Ethiopia, on another CONTINENT with our baby boy. I mean, WOW!

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