Sriracha Please!

The Sriracha recently changed locations.  It was made in some factory, I believe in California, that they out grew.  Well, the new town protested heavily regarding the new Sriracha factory because of the smell that making the condiment produced.  Yep, it's spicy and it smells like it!

Genuinely, it is a lovely sauce.  You can add it to many things: eggs, deli meat sandwiches, thai soup, fried rice, a variety of dutch dishes, anything you can imagine.

America should know.  She watches China put it on EVERYTHING!  America feels it is great fun to watch all the creative ways this condiment can be used and the ideas are spreading.  So much so that Korea is branching out in the Sriracha experiment.  America has finished off one bottle (it was half full when China joined the UN) and is well into the second bottle.

America has now added this to "list of things we never want to be without".  Also on this list: toilet paper, and toothpaste.  Just about anything else can be gone a day or so without.

America isn't going to lie: we all like Sriracha!

Day 1: Welcome to the USA China!

China arrived.  It was very little fanfare or drama: Marshall and Guam were under curfew, enforced by relative forces, international carriers were pushing us to go faster and faster lest we miss the arrival, and ports of entry were under construction.  What can I say???  This time of year is construction season!

Oh little China.  China's first day in the UN was relatively uneventful.  China decided that it would be in the nation's best interest to rest up and try to figure out a way to get acclimated to all things USA and America, Fiji, Marshall, and Guam were in compliance.  Unfortunately (or not so...well, it didn't really seem to matter) the weather didn't cooperate.  About 10 minutes into China's rest recess, a tornado touched down less than a half-mile from headquarters.  Chaos nearly ensued.

America summoned the host nations to assemble in the lower level of the headquarters in order to ride out the tornado.  America elected herself as dictator for the next while due to the fact that she was the most experienced in tornados and there was no time for discussion.  Marshall protested of course.  He was way too involved in a movie he'd seen a thousand times.  Guam joined up with Marshall but clearly had no clue what was going on.  America insisted that Marshall, Guam, Fiji, and America all play something in the lower level.  When asked why (by Marshall) America simply stated "Because there is a really big storm".  (Of course I realize that the US Marshall Islands are used to feeling the brunt of Hurricanes/Cyclones and a tornado may not seem to be much bother in comparison, this is however, people we are talking about, not real countries.)

So down everyone went.  Except China of course.  ...Now before you get in a tissy, read on...  China was way too involved in her rest-recess to take any direction from anyone.  Thankfully, no one needed to alert China because China already resides in the lower level.

Rain.
Wind.
Harder rain.
Marshall taking off all his clothes.
Harder wind.
Tornado sirens.
Plants horizontal.
Fiji insisting that he can run upstairs to get more clothes for Marshall.
Crashes.
Fiji stating the neighbor's tree is on the ground (you know, the one that is about 6-7 feet around).
Thuds.
More tornado sirens.
Marshall complaining because he's being told to put his clothes on.
Sounds of freight trains.
Marshall insisting he doesn't want to wear clothes...ever.
More tornado sirens.
Texting.
More thuds.
Watching.
Waiting.
20 minutes passes.
Something resembling calm.
Someone get their finger off the siren button!  (Sirens continue off and on for another five minutes or so).

Three of the neighbors trees were down and one more almost down.  Branches on the UN property down. Trees in houses.  Trees on cars.  Roads closed.  Looks like a tornado went through.

And three hours after all the commotion began, America went to wake up China (figuring dinner is coming up and there would probably be a need to sleep at the same time everyone else is).  America updated China on the current events and China's eyes were as big as saucers!  Something tells America that it was good China slept through it.

Welcome to the USA China.  This year is off to a smashingly good start!

Seven Years Ago...

Seven years ago I started a blog.  My husband and I had been married just over 3 years, we moved into our house (headquarters) a few months prior, and were about to  embark on an amazing journey: hosting exchange students (the convening of the United Nations/UN).  I wrote a blog (kellymram.blogspot.com - starts on the blog dated September 4, 2011) about the adventures and misadventures of daily life in a home where one Fijian citizen, one Korean citizen, and one American citizen encountered a crazy Spaniard (abet briefly).  It was...crazy.  It was...the best life ever!  

And now another day passes.  I've often thought about continuing to write but it seemed that in the midst of the crazy of that first year, the blog was my therapy.  It made me think of the good, bad, easy, hard, simple, and awkward in terms of entertainment instead of insanity.  The blog got me through some difficult moments.  But it also garnered a small and faithful following that have kept prodding me to reconnect with it.  So here I am.  

Seven years later this crazy journey continues.  

The UN has convened for the past 5 years.  We have seen many member nations come and go, those include (in order of addition): S Korea, Spain, China, Thailand, and Switzerland.  We have had 2 member nations join and leave shorter than their term was expected: Spain and Thailand, for differing reasons not to be discussed here.  We have had repeat nations that have brought us varying delegation members (because they love us and think being a part of a global community is in their larger agenda): S Korea (2 members total of 5.5 cumulative sessions) and China (one current member, one other member arriving today actually).  We've had our Fiji member nation merge with the US member nation.  This member nation currently represents both Fiji and US (husband got his US citizenship but is also still considered Fijian citizen).  And we have had two US territories joining us: the US Marshall Islands (for the past three, nearly four years) and Guam (who celebrated her second year with the US this past June).  The US delegation is currently scouting out another territory but negotiations have not yet begun.  We will be keeping you updated.  

This UN Session officially begins on Aug 29 (I believe).  Member nations are joining us today (China) and next Saturday (S Korea).  As in before, member nations true identity are hidden but members are referred to as male/female pronouns and country of origin.  None of the discussions, adventures/misadventures, and/or other events are to be considered actual international dealings or relations: they are purely circumstances that happen with regards to this headquarters (our home, located at a US Street address that will remain undisclosed).  

Please leave comments.  I LOVE reading about your reactions -- hopefully good but the other stuff too.  

All the best!