I Did Nothing Today

I feel like I’m starting to settle into living here. The last five days or so have been pretty packed with walking, setting stuff up, walking, trying to get a cell phone, more walking, awesome church services, and did I mention walking? My house is about two miles away from the church. So a trip to the church or the stores right by it is four miles round trip on foot. Yesterday, we all went to two services, the 10:45 and the 6:00 which made for over eight miles total and left everyone pretty exhausted by the end of it.

Today, I pretty much chilled at the house. Let the blisters on my feet heal up. Let the sunburn cool down a bit. It felt nice to just relax.

I did get my debit card from my new bank in the mail today, so I’ll be able to go shopping for a few new things that I need. (Having to have cash on you to buy stuff is a pain!) While I’m on the subject of shopping, here’s an interesting thing about living here. Shops and stores and such are only open until 5:00 most nights. Thursday nights are special and things are open until 9:00 but that’s it. So if you don’t have what you need by 5:00, you’ll have to wait until tomorrow to get it. That may become a tad frustrating when school starts and classes run until 4:30-5:00. But we’ll deal with that when the time comes.

Church over the weekend was amazing. I went to three services over the weekend, Saturday night, Sunday morning, and then Sunday night. My housemates who have been here for a semester or two say that Church is the highlight of their week. I can see why.