Another List (repost of deleted post)

I was looking through some old posts and saw my “Surprise List”.  I
have compiled  another list.  It’s called the “The Surprising Things
That Make you Happy List".  Here it is:

Old cooking facilities

1.     Having the gas cylinder for our stove filled (this was a remarkable feat on Mike’s part). We can now cook on four burners.  This is a major improvement from cooking on a single plug in burner.

2.      Having a mostly reliable shower.

3.      Not having to wait 15 minutes to get onto a line taxi in the morning (this happens rarely, but when it does there is a lot of happiness).

4.     Ripe Guavas.
 
5.     Seeing school kids in their purple and yellow uniforms every morning in Mexico Square.

6.     Vim (it cleans everything).

7.     Not seeing a cockroach in a 48 hour period.

8.     The small stall, by our house, that sells beer, pop and toilet paper.

9.     Catching a glimpse of the hills surrounding Addis; this can make you momentarily forget that you are sitting in traffic, not getting too far.

10.  Knowing that in the next 10 months, I won’t experience one day with a temperature of minus 20 degrees C (this one is not so surprising)

                                                                           

5 star cooking facilities

Functioning stove