Howzit! Well, I said last week that this past week looked like a fairly normal one. I think I was a bit wrong, but I'm glad I was! Monday night I got a random invite to go to a cooking course with a friend of mine. Very random, but very fun! My partner and I cooked smoked trout (we smoked it ourselves), smoked trout pate, and seed bread. mmm mmm good! It was a really cool set up... lots of different groups had things to make (all seafood) and then when everyone was finished, we all ate together. What a cool thing to do! So yeah, that was Tuesday. Both Monday and Wednesday night I spent the night at the Holiday's house, and got to hang out with them, which is always cool. Thursday evening and all day Friday I spent, for the majority of the time, relaxing and enjoying the house to myself. By Saturday I was ready to get out of the house, so I randomly (random things are quite common here!) went to a friend of a friend's 21st birthday party (21 is a big thing here... but not for the same reasons as in the States!!). It was a "barn dance" and everything was decorated like a farm. Talk about crazy! Heather and I laughed more Saturday night that in quite some time! They even had these people there to teach us line dances and some partner dances. Yes, I participated. For some strange reason, people here seem to think that all Americans like country music and line dancing. Whenever someone found out I was from the States, they'd almost always say, "oh, so you're used to this, eh?" Geez... But I did have fun. It was cheesy, but since we had to be there, we made the most of it. Then Saturday night I spent the night with Heather and we went to the Anglican church Sunday morning. Sean's band was playing in the youth service and Sean was preaching, so I went to hear them. I was also hoping to experience an Anglican church, but it seems the youth service is not your typical Anglican service, so I plan on going to a regular service sometime with my friend Roger, who actually goes to the church. Anyway, I came home after that and made some chocolate chip cookies for my friend, Faithlynn, who just turned 21 this past week. And after that it was time to go to Nancefield! Sean was preaching there as well, so I got a double-dose of Sean... Lucky me! haha And after that I went to have supper with some friends. Classic week if you ask me. I'm loving life lately! One more week of teaching, then it's off to Zimbabwe where there's no email, no cell-phones, and no drama of regular life! Hooray!! Have a great week!
Cheers,
Bonnie

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