One step forward and two steps back.....

Occasionally life here feels like one step forward and two steps back. Well, maybe a little more than occasionally. Today, we headed out to church. We were given a list of local churches recently so we took it out and chose one which we thought was near our home. Wrong. An hour after we departed and after asking for directions several times, we finally arrived at our destination. We sat through church which to be quite honest is somewhat of a challenge because of the language. After church we headed out to find some lunch and head home. We needed milk and a few other things so we stopped a local grocery store and got a few items. We decided to ride the bus home since the walk was further than we anticipated. After a few minutes on the hot, crowded bus we discovered that we were heading the opposite direction from our home. Ok, reevaluate. We got off the bus, crossed the street and attempted to get on another bus going the correct direction. I know at this point, you are picturing how calm and sweet we were all speaking to each other. :) Ok, good news here comes our bus. We all file on, wait a minute Tim cannot fit the stroller through the door of the bus. Quickly, he runs to the back of the bus and tries the other entrance. Nope. Not happening. So, the kids and I wave as we pull off leaving Tim and the stroller standing on the side of the road yelling that he will just meet us at home. Perfect. The kids and I manage to get to our area of town and walk home with our groceries. A few minutes later Tim arrives. It is now 2 and we are all starving so we decided to go find some food at a nearby restaurant. In retrospect I should have taken a cue from the rest of the day and just made a sandwich at home. We find a restaurant that we have been wanting to try and everyone manages to decide what they want to eat which is not easy these days since it is all in Spanish. For my long awaited meal I choose a "tostada" which sounded great! Now, I have to tell you that the "tostada" was right underneath the 'taco" on the menu so I assumed it was a typical tostada....you know Taco Bell type and all. A few minutes later the lovely waitress arrives with our long awaited meal. I am so hungry at this point. The kids plates look great, ham and cheese sandwiches, tacos and hot dogs. Tim's plate looks great too. My mouth is watering! Finally, they place my meal in front of me and it is 4 pieces of toast. Yep, you heard me 4 pieces of plain toast. Tostada equals toast in Spanish at this restaurant, not tostada. I really wanted to cry but instead I walked across the street and bought a chocolate donut for lunch.