What day is it??

Too many kids in the street today... I find myself squinting my eyes at them thinking, WHY AREN'T YOU IN SCHOOL???!!!

Then I realize it's Wednesday afternoon and kids have Wednesday afternoons off. Doh!


Work finally got me a map of Cotonou... except when we looked at it closer, we realized it's from 1995. They're still selling 15 year old maps! Cotonou has changed a LOT since then!

Hoping to get a map of Benin for my office too... y'all know how I love maps... they're handy when you want to know where you are. And here, often, I wonder!


Oh, and I realized something I miss from home... I MISS NORMAL. I don't miss snow though, and I hear March is offering no respite, so I don't want to come home just yet. I offer my sympathies to my Canada-peeps suffering the end of despair/Winter. I'm with you... but happily only in spirit!!!


I might have to move out of my apartment. The inside walls look like they're getting wet, and it's only rained twice. I noticed a lot of condensation in a doorway yesterday and there are dark spots in corners in the bedroom that are getting darker. Oh yay mold!

Plus there are holes big enough for lizards to come into my house, so I can't wait for it to start raining for real and for other creatures to find respite in my home. So maybe I'll move... not sure yet. My landlord is shady and doesn't seem to care too much about me. I'll stay for March I guess. We'll see what I'll do for April. I have to talk to the guy at work about it and he's in Ghana for the rest of the week!

Also, I'm kind of out of the way. I wouldn't mind being within walking distance of work/the beach... or at least a decent market so I can buy groceries daily rather than once a week. Doing big grocery trips with Mathieu on his motorcycle is pretty funny! Backpacks, holding a bag of eggs and a 2-4 infront of him while he drives! eep! Talk about driving carefully!

Cooking more now... checked my bank account and realized that eating out may be cheap here, but it ain't cheap enough!! I can get lunch for about 2-3 dollars CAN, but dinner's more around 10.

Made the most delicious french fries last night! YUM! I love peanut oil!