Mondays at the Mbale Resort Hotel

February 10, 2004

“Well, Monday was just another typical day at the resort. Oh…wait…maybe not. Well, I’ve been having water wars with Mike Shero since I got here. For some reason on my first Monday here, I found it necessary to go and give him a big hug after getting out of the pool. (He and Judy never get in the water.) Two weeks later, Mike was sitting at a table close to the water’s edge with his back facing us. I lined up all of the kids around the side of the pool very close to him. They all cannon-balled together and got him pretty wet. When he got to the Resort this week, I had already been trying to figure out what to do to top that. Well, he showed up in a suit and I just couldn’t decide whether or not I was going to pull him in. I decided not to, but he pushed me into the pool while I was still wearing the only t-shirt I had with me at the Resort. When I got out, I came up behind him and gave him a huge bear hug. Let me tell you, t-shirts hold a lot of water. I got the back of his suit soaked. When he came after me to throw me in, I jumped in before he could touch me. Much to my surprise, Mike took a running head start, and lunged into the pool after me, suit, tie and all. I was so shocked, all I could do was look at him and laugh in amazement. He had actually planned it that way. He wore the suit for no other reason other than to get me. When he got out of the pool, his oldest grandson, Malachi (2 years) asked him, “Papa, is that you swimming tie?’ We all just about fell into the pool again laughing.

“As if this weren’t wild enough, when Judy ordered her food, she asked for fish and chips. Unfortunately, she forgot to specify fish fingers. What she ended up with was A FISH, and chips. Yes, you read that correctly. A FISH!!! The whole thing. The head, eyes, bones and all. Judy covered his head with a napkin and proceeded to eat it. I was very impressed with her. When she had eaten all that she could stand, Mike began to pick at the bones. When he was done, he played with it. It was truly sick! Boy I’m glad that I don’t like fish!

“Let this be a lesson to all who travel in foreign countries. BE SPECIFIC!”