The Milk

I know it has been much too long since I have posted, and there are probably a million other things I could update you on, but today I chose the story of the milk. I was finishing church and decided today was the day I was finally going to splurge and buy real Oreo cookies and cold milk! I have been dreaming of cookies and milk for several months now so this was a long awaited craving. As many of you know, I have no fridge, so this would be my first time having cold (not powdered) milk. REAL MILK! In town most shops are closed because it is Sunday, but I went to the one that was open to buy the cookies. I decided I would go to the shop near my house to get the cold milk. My fijian friend told me it was the best milk in a bottle for only $1.00 (the other shops sell tiny milk cartons for $1.50-$2.50). So I went to grab the cookies really quick before I took the bus from town to the other shop by my house. Walking on my way back to the bus stand, I watched as my bus left without me. Unfortunately, there is very limited transport on Sundays, so I walked 35 minutes to the other shop with my cookies. I went in to buy the milk, and I didn't see it! So I asked the shop keeper and he said they had it but only the bigger bottle for $2.50. So I bought the $2.50 bottle, expecting him to go in the back and get it from the other fridge since I did not see any milk in the front one. But no, he turned around opened the fridge and turned back to me revealing a large bottle containing a bright pink liquid. This was the milk... sweet milk... with dye... and added sugar .... this is what I had been looking forward to for months. Pink Milk! Then, of course, it started pouring rain. So I walked home wet, with now slightly cool, pink sweet milk (that tasted as bad as it sounds). Although this probably sounds very trivial to you, it was quite depressing for me today. All I wanted was some damn cookies and cold milk! haha
Anyways, everything else is fine. I will be going back to my Fijian village home in Tailevu for Easter next Thursday, So I am very excited for that!