Dinner in Abarba-ville

After a conversation with Susana, and a realization that my last entry was very long, I have decided to attempt more manageable "blog-bytes". So here we go...

Tonight I went to the Abarbanel house for dinner. This is one of my most favourite parts about Sundays (or even the whole week). Ron and Marsha have 5 of the most wonderfully bouncy, eccentric, energetic, creative and diverse kids I've ever met. It is always a great adventure hanging out with them. And I love adventures.

For the past 3 weeks the whole Abarba-house has been sick with some kind of disease or other. It is not a wonder that I haven't been over for dinner in a month. Even though most of them are coming out the other side (Ron seems to be right in the thick of sick, but pulling through), the air in their house was thick with germs. I didn't bring my gas mask, so I had to hold my breath for the hour I was there. Likely because of their hurting immune systems they were a little less energetic than usual. Nice for Ron and Marsha, I'm sure.

Yesterday, however, was another story. As you can read about in their blog -- a must-visit site(http://abarbablog.blogspot.com), Susana and I brought 55 chocolate-chip cookies and a freshly baked loaf of bread over to their house yesterday afternoon. By morning, all but four of these cookies were eaten by 5 of the 7 in the house (Marsha and Katelyn (13) cannot eat milk products).

At dinner I reaped benefits from my hours of slaving over and tending to said bread. Matt (7) told me that he liked my bread. And that he wanted me to work in the kitchen of his restaurant. You see, Matt is the youngest (and most creative) entrepeneur I know, and over a year ago started forming "Deep Sea Chicken" and enlisting people to work in it. I was very honoured and flattered to be asked. And even though I was demoted to working sorting the money with Beah (no offense to Beah), I was still happy. I get to wear a Tilley hat to work. (http://deepseachicken.com/ and http://www.deepseachicken.blogspot.com/ check them out too.)

oops. this is still really long. i'll have to try harder next time.