Sunday-during which we finally meet Marie Eve, and try out our oven

Having woken up bright and early, today we finally made contact with the elusive Marie Eve. Abebe picked us up at 8, and we were at the Hilton by 845. Of course, Anisha forgot to bring her phone number (though both phones we brought were fully charged), so we spent half of an hour calling her room, knocking on the door, peaking in the breakfast lounge (which would have only been effective if we knew what she looked like), and waiting in the lobby. Finally we got on the internet and got her phone number. Turns out she was in the breakfast lounge. Anisha went to go meet her, and I checked to see if blogspot worked—it did! So since I emailed them to my mom last night, I was able to go to sent mail and post them. Maybe Ethiopia is only blocking blogspot on my computer :-/. Anyway, Anisha’s awesome aunt sent popcorn, crackers, pumpkin bread mix, apple spice bread mix, zippy bags, a book, lots of socks, a hoodie, and a jacket. After we got back, I did my lesson plan. I have to remember to bring a bottle of water with me—we are still doing “th.”
And I think I forgot to mention that we went stargazing last week one night. It was awesome. Plus, the dogs scared Anisha because she thought they were hyenas. Heehee. So many stars. I wish we knew more constellations—the only one I know is the W one, and I do not even know what it is called.
Tonight we tried to make rice and beans, but the beans failed miserably—they were still hard after an hour of cooking them. Maybe we can resuscitate them tomorrow. I got so hungry that at first I ate just some plain rice (which I think is good with just salt anyway, and then I ate more rice with some hard beans. In between that, I ate cake! We used our gas stove, and it turned out pretty well, for having NO idea the temperature in there. We bought a cookie sheet and a pan kind of like what we use for banana bread today. Anyway, we all agreed the cake was a success. Cookies next? Well, first we have to find baking soda here.