August 15, 2008

Amf 08

Yesterday, I decided to go to the store. As a good PCer, I am trying to participate in the viral campaign to not use plastic bags at the grocery store. But this time I forgot, so I decided to stick my purchases in my purse.

About half way home, I thought I felt something like water droplets on my leg. It hasn't rained on the coast in about a month, so it wasn't rain. Couldn't see anything, so i ignored it. I walked another 50 feet and felt more drops. I realized it was coming from my purse. So i moved my purse from the back of me to the front of me to investigate.

I had bought a container of kos, which is Albanian yogurt. Some volunteers hate it; I love it. But the container's lid wasn't sealed properly so i had been dumping the entire one liter container of kos into my purse, down the back of my leg and now that I had moved my purse, it was all down the front of my leg. I just kept walking as quick as I could.

I got back to the house and realized that my key was still in my purse. Now the canvas material had acted like a filter, so what had been dripping down my leg was mostly water. I had to shove my hand into the curdled milk. Past my ruined notebook and money bag and squish around in there until I found the key.

I unlocked the door, kos on my pants, kos half way up to my elbows, kos drying in the key hole, and leaking all over the floor. I had to laugh... just another day in Albania