Today we took Elsa out of the orphanage for the day, which was great. After a quick run to the market (to get bigger bottles!), we picked her up around 9 and brought her back at 4 in the afternoon. We had a really mellow day, which seemed to fit everyone’s mood very well. We came back to the Sheraton and just hung out in our room. I got to feel Elsa her lunch (which was vegetable and chicken baby food) and man, that girl can chow down! She got a bit cranky when she was hungry, and it was oddly comforting to see that she can be in a bad mood sometimes too.
After her lunch, she was very happy again and VERY vocal. At Toukoul, she has always been really quiet – she smiles and coos but really doesn’t do any talking. Today she was yammering away with the occasional squeal – really talking up a storm. At first I thought something was wrong, but she was smiling away so I think she was just expressing herself.Pretty soon she sacked out for a 2-hour nap – here is a photo of the sleeping beauty. I am SO happy to see that the rumored 2-hour nap indeed exists. Clare and I spent the time just chilling out – doing email and writing in journals and (on Clare’s part) a little napping, and (on my part) a lot of just staring at Elsa.
We took her back to Toukoul in time to do some shopping at the little store there. The prices aren’t the best, but the money goes to the orphanage, so how can we complain? Got some beautiful linens and a few things to sell to raise money for Toukoul when I get back home.We went for dinner at a great local place in the Piassa called Pizza Corner. Pizza for three of us, plus beers and bottled water came to a total of 40 Birr. Which is about 5 bucks. Now THAT’s a deal!! Fun to hang out there at an outside table and watch the busy sidewalks… we were the only ferenges (foreigners/whites) there, which was an added bonus.
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