Camille says it's a perfect day, she has a lunch-time play date, and then the Christmas show in which she can watch all her American friends perform tonight.
Embassy familes here get to see AFN, American Forces Network, which is the tv for the military. There are no commercials! Instead of commercials, there are motorcycle safety tips, introductions to each of the US state capitals, and highlights of the national parks in the US. I love it. It's like PBS all the time. AFN is showing all the Christmas classics on the kids channel for the next few days. Last night was Rudolph. I finally love tv.
I'm borrowing the Fulbright's internet connection. I am really on a downhill slide with this internet business. The company that installed here, right next door to us, says they are out of equipment until the end of the month, which could be Nigeriene for "never." I don't know if I'll ever get the internet at home, and this thought makes me want to stab someone. I only have so many hannuka candles and books to return to the kindly Fulbrights, oh and look! I just happen to have my laptop with me!
Meanwhile I made clothespin dolls with kids. In the Santa Lucia pagents in Portland they have the little boys wear elf hats (Camille made this one, and the fimo dough cardamom rolls in a bottle cap-tray) and pretend to be Lucia's little brother, who is named: Stefan. Isn't that too good to be true?
If you had no job and no internet and no shopping to do for Christmas, what you be doing?
