Monday September 6, 2004 200pm

Good afternoon to everyone. It is another rainy day here in NW Cameroon and once again I have not done anything in over a week. After my sickness last week, I spent my week napping and listening to the mice run around and eat my food.

The other night I had a craving for some twizzler’s that I brought with me, so I got out of bed because it was about 100am, and went to my secret stash that is on the top shelf of my bookcase (don’t tell anyone). I put it up there to prevent Mickey and Minnie from eating them. But No, those little SOB’s ate through the zip lock bag as well as the original wrapper. Not only did they eat through the wrapper they ate the tips of every single twizzler in the package, which left me with nothing.

Also this week, I made an attempt to visit some local officials to let them know I just moved into to town and tell them what I will be doing here. This prevents them from freaking out when they see the ONLY white guy wandering around town. So there is this “special forces” group, basically under covered cops that do very little. I introduced myself to the Head Commander, who seemed to be a cross of Barney from the Simpson’s and Elmer Fudd. Really makes me feel safe knowing that he is protecting me.

School has officially starting today, BUT not for me. I still have no clue what I am teaching when class starts or what the hell I am doing. Good Times.

I finally saw my first mouse last night. It was quite the moment. I think I surprised him by getting up. He was running around like he owns the place. I saw Him. He saw me. We looked into each other’s eyes with somewhat of a mutual respect. Then! Then, I swear he raised his right paw, very slowly. Not knowing that mice have fingers. I was shocked when he raised his middle finger with full confidence and flipped me off and continued to ransack my home. I cursed but it did nothing but aggravate his friends. They were up all night. I would rather have monsters under my bed than listen to them scurry around my bed until dawn.

Go Red Sox!!

I hope everyone in Florida survived the last Hurricane with ease and very little problems.

I never realized how bad my speling and grammer has been until I reviewed some of my last posts. Sorry about that.!!

Thats all for now. I hope all is well and please keep in touch.
Love Dave