A Progressively Delicious Dinner

Tonight was the night of the annual expatriate teacher progressive dinner. This was a blessing in disguise for me - as the only food I have in my house is apples and a half a jar of peanut butter.

To be honest, many people were leery about going for the simple fact that everyone has an inservice professional development workshop to attend tomorrow (aka Saturday). The PYP teachers got the misfortune of having to get up early and travel to a campus far from here. We have to be at school at six o'clock. To some that may not be excruciatingly early - but let me put this in perspective for you. I roll out of bed at 6:25 every morning (fully knowing I have to be at school at 6:45 - which only happens on rare occasions). Thankfully I'm not the only teacher that has trouble getting out of bed in the morning.

We started out at Scott and Dianne's house. They are teachers in the middle and high school. We had fresh veggies, tree roots (which sound nasty but they are actually really tasty), and fried banana. We talked there for a while and moved on to our next course: bread and soup.

Becky and Jared's was the next stop for bread and soup. Becky is a phenomenal cook and made homemade lentil soup as well as homemade cream of potato soup with ham. She also had homemade oatmeal bread. We talked for a while and then commenced a game of Bible charades. I was the second one to go - and I must say that it was the best one of the night. My slip said

"Talking donkey." I want you all to think hard and guess how I did that - it was quite creative using a significant body part. Just think about it...

After Jared and Becky's we went to the principal's house and had a main course. There was a variety of noodle and meat casseroles that were quite tasty.

Lastly we went to Leanne and Brittney's house (for those of you that don't know - my old roommate Leanne moved into a different house). We had icecream peanut butter parfait dessert as well as apple cobbler. Talk about a high point of the night. We played a few games and called it a night after ferocious yawning and lingering (and bitter) feelings of a Saturday inservice that was ahead of us.

All in all, it was definitely a great night of eating, fellowship, and fun.