Obama Fun Run

So, Obama is kind of a big deal here. I’m not sure if our nation’s president knows it, but he has a whole industry of items with his name and image on them. There are Obama backpacks, Obama t-shirts, Obama polo shirts, Obama lollipops, Obama chewing gum, Obama khangas, and so on.

Naturally, Kayci and I needed Obama t-shirts, which we purchased on a recent market outing. We’ll wear them one day in the future and say “oh yes, I bought this when I lived in Africa while Obama was president.” And everyone at the cocktail party will nod approvingly at how cool we are on numerous fronts...or, that’s how I’ve imagined it, anyway. (Not sure why we’re wearing old t-shirts at a cocktail party 25 years from now, but just go with it.)

Of course, we wanted an occasion sooner than the afore-mentioned imaginary cocktail party of the future to wear our shirts.

And then came President’s Day.

In the meantime, we had welcomed a new colleague to the JBFC Tanzania team, Kris Mills. Kris just happened to have his own, authentic Obama t-shirt from the States...perfect. Our “look” was complete for the President’s Day Fun-Run, which took place WAY too early in the morning. (See bleary-eyed looks below. No wait, don’t look too closely!)

Who says you have to live in America to celebrate President's Day? Not these patriots!