Surprise surprise, we blew off the diet last night too- big time. During my last hour of work I got carried away with looking up Thanksgiving meal and dessert recipies, making my hunger pangs go from mild to intolerable. It didn't take much for me to convince Chechu to go out for burgers, fries and ice cream either, which is exactly what we did. There's a mom-and-pop burger place in El Ejido where they make GIGANTIC hamburgers and serve huge portions of fries and other side choices, and both of us knew that was exactly what we wanted. In all honesty our escapade could have been worse-- we shared a hamburger and a plate of fries and stopped there even though Chechu was somewhat considering ordering another small hamburger.

After dinner we went to an ice cream shop next door to get an ice cream cone, and we were waited on by Kissy, a sweet girl from Mozambique. We ended up having a nice conversation with her and exchanged phone numbers. I called her this morning from the office and we agreed that next week when she has off we'll try to arrange to get together and have lunch at our house. It's rare to come across people that you feel you have an instant connection with, and I definitely think that the two of us could become fast friends. More importantly, I'm anxious to have the opportunity to find out if she's a Christian and speak to her about our church.