Saturdays Are Better Than Holidays

Saturdays are Preparation Day for the Senior Couples.  It is the day when we get to FaceTime with most of our children and their families back in Utah.  We call them in the morning here, so it is still Friday night there.  One of our young granddaughters likes to ask if we are sleepy when we call, we always tell her no, but she needs to to go bed soon.  I think that there was only been one week while we have been here in Cambodia that we did not get to talk to all of our children and grandchildren.

Saturday is also the day that we go grocery shopping.  We usually go to Lucky's for most of our groceries, but there are several other small stores that cater to the Americans and Europeans which we go to also.  The items that we have to really hunt for is breakfast cereal and good chips.  The first two months that we were here it was easy to find Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal, then we noticed that they were starting to run out so we bought some extra.  It has now been more than a month since we saw any in the stores at all.  We have learned when you see what you like, hurry and grab it because it will be gone next time.  That is especially true of Crispy Cheetos, they only lasted one week and we only bought one bag, we will buy extras next time we see them.

It looks like rainy season may finally be starting here in Cambodia, and the temperatures are finally no longer in the 100s everyday, they are in the low 90s.  We have seen rain most afternoons this week, even though it does not last very long.  The forecast today says that there is 100% chance of rain and 80% tomorrow.  We really need the rains here, so it is good that they are finally coming.  The bad thing about rainy season is that most people get around on motos, so if they do not have their rain ponchos they get wet.  One of our friends suggested someone should develop the 3-4 person rain ponchos for the family outings. We did see how the Superman cape might come in handy here as well, see the moto picture above.