Watermelon Tacos?

Friday night Brenda took me to a new part of town. She knows of a wholesale place where you can find rare foods like olives, whipped cream, tuna... I wanted to buy some cheese. This other part of town is not at all far from where we live. I can't believe I'd never been there before. But it was like a whole other world. The streets were very narrow and it was definitely an older part of town. There were even some old buildings left from when the French occupied in the 1800's. When we finally found the wholesale store, they showed us their English inventory list and I asked for the Mozzarella. Wowzers. They brought out this huge block of frozen cheese. It had to have been like 20 lbs. There is no way I'd ever eat all that, so I just skipped it. It probably wouldn't do my tummy much good anyhow.

The main reason I wanted the cheese was for tacos! Saturday I planned to have a couple of my students over for lunch and I was making tacos. One girl, Lucy, wants to learn to speak Spanish, so I thought it would be fun for her to try some Mexican food. I spent all morning shopping and preparing beans, meat, vegies, rice, and homemade tortillas. I let Lucy and Lilly fry the tortillas. It was a lot of fun. They don't really know anything about cooking. They didn't even know how to make rice! So it was fun to show them some things. They really enjoyed the food. Lilly said she wanted to make the meal for her mother on mother's day. So I gave her an extra package of taco seasoning that ya'll so graciously sent me. It was a nice time. Lilly was really enjoying the beans. So I taught them the "beans, beans the magical fruit" song. he he he. It was so funny to watch them try to eat tacos. They couldn't figure out how to eat with out making a huge mess, and they eventually started using chopsticks! I had set a bowl of watermellon out to eat as a side dish with the tacos. But Lucy and Lilly must have assumed that they were to go inside the taco allong with all the other bowls of fillings. So they were putting watermellon in their tacos, too!
After lunch the girls washed dishes, so sweet. Then Lucy dowloaded a couple Chinese songs that I like onto my computer. We spent the afternoon just listening to music and chatting. They are such a delight to be with.

Later that evening I went out with Brenda and Anna to a Sushi restaraunt! I had caviar for the first time. It's weird stuff. It's getting really harder to be around Brenda. I love the lady a lot. But I'm soooo tired of her foul mouth and constant slander. May the Lord increase my love and patience!

Today is Mother's day! Mommy! I love you so much and can't wait to see you. Have a wonderful Mother's day.