Beets!!

I can’t believe I forgot to mention the beets I bought in my last blog.  When I went to the market with Julienne, I found beets.  Remember than I have been living on eggs, avocado, fried food and let’s not forget ice cream.   I decided that I would prepare the beets for the ladies at the store.  I had to roast them in the oven for quite a long time, which is very expensive in Rwanda, but they were definitely worth it.  They were delicious.  I even had them again for lunch.  It is amazing how small things can make a difference.

I still make my own coffee in the morning.  Remember the wonderful Rwandan coffee I talked about in my last blog.  It really is nice sitting on the patio in the morning, writing my blog, and having a great cup of coffee. 

I was definitely bored today.  It rained until around 1pm and the shop was pretty quiet.  A lot of ex-pats in the afternoon, but they were busy talking amongst themselves, so I read another book.  I am really running out of things to read.  I am done with all the movies that Zach gave me.  I am leaving on Tuesday, so I shouldn’t be too bored.

I did have an interesting conversation with a woman that works at the US Embassy in Kigali.  She said that, if she had known I was visiting, she would have hired me to lecture.  It would have only been a small stipend, but would have paid for my flight.  I think I will contact the embassy in every country prior to my arrival to see if there are opportunities to speak about starting a business.

We are definitely seeing a pick up in business at the shop and I am feeling really good about the future.  Louise and I spent some time making sure that she is totally comfortable managing the accounting.  I can also work with her remotely, so we shouldn’t have any issues.  I pick up the slack in the ice cream shop, when it gets busy, which means that they may have to increase the staff.  I really enjoy working in a small ice cream store like this.  Perhaps I missed my calling!!

Have a great evening, Paula