He's spoiling me :)

I know it won't last, but Dominic is really spoiling me in the past two days.  He called yesterday for just a minute, then I got an email.  The phone rang just before 7 am this morning and it was him again.  I knew at that hour who it would be and I am so glad that it was.

They are 9 hours ahead of us here in TX.  So when he called at 7 am it was 4 pm there.  He said that they had a Christmas party today and had food brought in from town.  He said the food was very similar to the Indian food we've eaten in England.  He and the rest of the team have their own building.  Dominic is sharing a room with two other guys.  They have 4 computers in their building to use.  That will be nice.  I think the most contact we will have is via email since he only gets two 15 minute phone calls per week.  

I asked him a couple of questions about him getting a mission but his answers were very generalized.  I'm getting a feel for what he will and will not be able to tell me.  He knows that I know there are lots of things he won't be able to tell me and that's okay.

He said that their bus ride to the base was "un-nerving".  I guess the bus driver stopped to check a tire and fell out of the convoy.  That made Dominic really nervous.  He said that they had armed escorts that stopped with them though, so that's good.  He also said that the people drive like "mad men" there.

When I picked Christian up from school on Wednesday he was not looking good.  He usually runs to the car but he just slowly strolled to the car.  When he got in I asked how his day was and he said "oh, I don't want to talk about it".  Hmmm, okay.  Well eventually he told me what happened.  His teacher offered an extra credit assignment where the kids could bring in a traditional holiday food that their family makes.  It could be for any holiday.  Well I talked with Christian and we decided to make the almond roca that is my Aunts recipe.  I make it almost every Christmas.  So I made up a batch, counted the pieces to make sure there was enough for the whole class, bagged them up and sent them to school on Monday.  Well, on Wednesday when they were supposed to share their food Christian asked his teacher where his extra credit was.  She said "you didn't bring any".  He said "that's when I knew she ate it".  His teacher thought it was for her and ate all of it.  Christian was beyond disappointed and it broke my heart.  He was excited about sharing with his class, but that didn't happen.  I just can't figure out why we keep having these miscommunications with his teacher this year.