Wackyfish

Friday I left work at about 2:30 and took the bus out to Falelatai. Long Samoan bus rides to Kua are always interesting. The busses get really full and so if you are lucky enough to have a seat, you usually have the privilege of having another passenger sitting on your lap. The only exception to this is the very old. I was lucky (they cut Palagie a lot of slack) and had the most adorable fat drooly baby on my lap the whole way. Towards the end of the trip he was getting really stinky, but he slept and drooled most of the way so we was quiet and very cuddly most of the time.
I got to Siufaga about 5:30 and after a brief hello to my parents Lotu (the 8 year old sister) insisted we go right to swim in the ocean. I had forgotten how wonderfully peaceful and beautiful Siufaga is. Things are still awkward between my family and I because of the language barrier, but it gets better each time. This time I got to help make the pepe (coconut crème) by scraping the popo (coconut). And I got to sleep in the Fale Samoa with my family (instead of in the Fale Palagie by myself). I should go to Siufaga more.
Saturday I took the bus back in the afternoon and made it back to Apia in time to have a nap before the evening’s festivities.
Later I got prettied up and Ema “Sassy pants” and I checked out the new Chinese restaurant and had a few expensive cocktails at the one place in town that you can find a real cosmopolitan. The cosmo’s have become my “I just got paid” once a month splurge. They are expensive but since I rarely spoil myself. After dinner and some drinks we met up with a few other guys who were in town from Kua. They ended up staying at my house in Viavase-Uta and Sunday Ema and I (well Ema really) made a nice big breakfast and drank pots of coffee all morning. (And yes I had a hurty tummy later Mo!)
In the afternoon I hung out with Carrie and watched the Academy awards. I miss that girl. After the show we went over to the PC party at Aarons and I got to see most of the other volunteers I love.
So a fun weekend over all but heading into a busy busy week I am not feeling as rested as I want to. Tonight Mo and I are doing some maintenance on my dreads. Tomorrow is the big Net ball game. Wednesday evening our friend Fono is singing and Mo and I are going to go see him sing. And I think Thursday Michaela and I have a date to go see “The Godfather, Part I” which is playing at the local movie theater. So obviously no rest for the wicked.

I wish I had something more interesting than the weekend report, but there you have it.