Did you see the eclipse?
It was a little over a week ago...August 1st, or maybe 2nd...the day was hot. The kind of hot where all other thought is erased except for the thought of it being hot. My ger had turned into an oven, well not really and oven, more like an Easy-Bake oven. Unable to endure the heat and the flies I sought refuge in my Mongolian Grandfathers house, a blissfully cool sanctuary only 20yards away. My sister, her husband, their baby, and my two little brothers (cousins?) were home at the time. Uyanga (sis) was making food so her husband was supposed to be watching little 5month old Ermuun, however he and the rest of my brother are utterly addicted to this Korean Soap Opera "Jumong." So being the only one not occupied I took Ermuun in the little back room and we had a long giggly talk in English. I always talk with him in English. It will be interesting to see if he uses any when he starts talking. Anyway I was in the middle of explaining why Slurpees are better than Slushies when something happened that has never happened before...Ermuun pooped on me O_o. Mongolian babies don't wear diapers as they are too expensive, I've been peed and barfed on many a time, but had avoided the poopage. I was thankfully wearing shorts (that I stole from Erin muahahahaha) so clean up was easy for me, and thankfully Uyanga had finished cooking so she took care of the baby mess. So I joined the Bros in watching "Jumong" when suddenly Tuvshin (yet another brother) walks in and asks if there are any sunglasses he wants to see the blublibiiblabu. I didn't know what he wanted to see but I handed over my shades and watch a bit confused as all my brothers stop watching "Jumong" and go outside. Turns out what ever Tuvshin had said meant eclipse. So it was that I got to see what little of the eclipse that was visible from my part of Mongolia (only about 1/8th of the sun was eclipsed, though out in the far West they had a total eclipse).
So Uncle Mark to answer your question: yes. However being pooped is what stands out most from that day!
2 comments:
What's the saying?
What goes around comes around??
I remember a little girl who pooped all over ,I mean all over her grandmother and in public!!!
So consider it pay back in some odd way.
Hope your enjoying you city time.Miss you tons.
Sending you love OOOXXX
Yes, I seem to recall one or two occasions of poop on Cabaniss Crescent 20 some-odd years ago...no eclipses though, just the occasional hurricane. I suppose the concept of a hurricane would be unimaginable to most Mongolians.
Anyways, gotta go out and wash the car for the www.tunebytuna.com TUNA SHOW this weekend! Good to see the updates, Cassandra!
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