Jules CP-10

After our tutoring session at What Café, Jae and I went to pick up Stéphane and his Burkinabé friend Kevin for some dinner. Although I was pretty tired and not feeling like cooking after tutoring Jae, Stéphane would not hear of my suggestion to go to Monk's... he had heard about my mad skills in the kitchen ;) So, we ventured to Publix and I got all the makings for a quintessential Oklahoma meal: chicken fajitas. I already had tomatoes and bell pepper from the community garden, so all we lacked was chicken, avocado, tortillas, and cheese. Jae and I made a little chant about chicken--avocado--tortillas--cheese as we skipped down the aisles. She's fun.

We had a great time cooking and getting our grub on at my house -- everyone helped out or contributed something, be it Jae with chopping veggies, Stéphane with making some amazing fried plantains, or Kevin with providing these yummy chocolate wafers that I thought were only sold in France (I should probably try to forget that those cookies AND Nutella are now easily accessible at any Walmart or Publix!). My roommate Kyle entertained the kids while I whipped up the meal, which gave them another opportunity to interact with an American who speaks quickly and uses a liberal amount of slang. After somewhat gorging ourselves (the fajitas were a big hit!) and learning the Caribbean dance le Zouk, Jae had to get going so we decided to call it a night. I hope to continue hanging out with my "conversation partners" long after our time at CIES comes to a close.