After having been abroad for a few weeks, I was welcomed back in the office in Kosti with big smiles and warm wishes. Everyone was still quite excited about the Eid celebrations and the attached one-week off from work they had had the week before! While I was distributing the small souvenirs I had bought for everyone, I bumped into one of our male drivers. He greeted me with a firm handshake and tap on my shoulder. When I asked him about his Eid holiday, he smiled and pointed at his belly: "I ate 3 sheep on the first day of Eid!". He looked around to see if anyone else had heard it. A bit louder than his first statement he continued: "And...on the second day I ate another 4!" His face started glowing when his female colleagues acted surprised and asked him how he had managed. While he was explaining that he just really really likes to eat sheep meat during Eid, another male colleague stepped in and started sharing his sheep-eating experiences. While they were clearly enjoying their stories on how many sheep they could eat during Eid, I started smiling and I wondered how on earth one would be able to eat even one whole sheep in a day! The two men had become a bit overexcited and invited me for a sheep-eating contest during next year's Eid celebrations. "Sound interesting", I answered diplomatically, not sure whether they meant me joining them in the contest. After having given it some thought, I decided this competition indeed could be interesting. But I would rather
observe. Or take the sheep home with me ;)
