A day in Rejmeh just like no other

Just like many other Sundays we woke up had our breakfast and up in the car to Rejmeh.

Rejmeh:

Mom was standing there with Jaco and Antoinette prepared to go plant/flower shopping. I went up and had an orange and discussed with Amanda how much the orange peel needs to disintegrate (I just googled it 2-5 weeks).

Then we went upstairs and stood on the balcony. We thought we saw Razouk, he was putting on some fire in the old dead plants. Surprisingly, the fire seemed to be getting bigger and bigger. Ralph and Amanda went there to check it out. Five minutes later I was there with 10 other people trying to put down the fire. "Woslet 3l khawkhet!!". Fortunatly we were able to put it off on time -after10-15 minutes- only a part of the apricots were burnt, but dad says that most probably they won't be able to give any fruits, we'll have to wait and see.

Then it was Jako coming back with flowers to say sorry! I was the one who planted them next to the big rock in the garden: "Nakashna, zara3na, tamayna w s2ina... Lots of water is needed!"

But where is Ralph? He is with Razouk, one of the chickens was jumping "min jal la jal" and she got lost... Ralph and Razouk were trying to get her back but she was scared and she flew further away.

Finally it was time for lunch, good food: Mloukhieh and Shawarma on the menu. And of course at 3p.m., while we were still eating, Khalo Elias (my dad's uncle) came to visit us for Easter. He can barely hear, but he is one of the nicest old men I know.

A good sleep was what I really needed at that point, the house was colder than the outside but the cover on my parent's bed was warm enough.

After an hour I woke up to some sounds. Dad, Fany, Ralph and Amanda were cleaning the cars. Better than "Troumba" cleaning. I was there at the point where they decided to vacuum the inside!

At 6p.m., no more electricity, no more vacuum.

We decided to have a walk "3ind khweli". They were sitting down there chatting. Finally Ralph told Khalo about the missing chicken and they decided to take the hunting dogs and go search for it.

We all went down to Jako's along with Pepper and Rocky. Pepper and Rocky were running down and up and uo and down and peeing on the side of the road defining their territories.We had to go down, near our "Shemeh, ta7et bil jlouleh" the dogs were running, khalo was throwing rocks and they would go try to get it. After more than 20 unsuccessful "Yalla Pepper, Rocky rou7 jiba" we decided to give up.Too bad she used to "tbid bayda" everyday!

We went up to Jako's, tasted her "ma3moul"- "tamer" from my side.

It was already 7p.m. so it was time to go back down to normal Beirut. Result of this day: A broken nail and a lost earing.