I felt so domestic the other day when we cleaned the apartment. I wore a little panne (a wrap around skirt - they’re quite popular over here and I love them!) and we did a thorough cleaning of the apartment. I really didn’t want to seeing as how it really need an industrial type of cleaning… there’s paint and cement all over everything… but we had to because company was coming over and I wanted to start using my bathroom. My bathroom totally rocks, it’s on the upstairs terrace that over looks Yoff and the coast for miles. It’s a beautiful sight to come out to. Of course the shower is absolutely freezing due to a lack of hot water and a lot of wind, but I shiver my way through it ; ). As soon as winter passes, it will totally rock.

Of course the people who manage our apartment are incredibly unreliable. We have told them numerous times all the problems it has and they won’t fix them. Like for example, my bathroom switch is missing its cover and I some water got into it and now it sparks. I’m afraid it might have leaked down to our apartment because Rebecca’s plug was sparking, so we turned off the breakers to our apartment, the electrician is supposed to come tomorrow. But it’s just so frustrating because all of this could have been avoided had they fixed everything. I need to get Pop Ndoye’s number and harrass him until he does something about everything that’s wrong with our apartment.

Thanks for the recommendation on the incredible machine. I am now hooked. Of course Tukkikat is always playing with my mouse when I’m trying to play on my computer. She’s so cute, she likes to sleep right between my neck and my shoulder or between my ankles. I really enjoy having her around, and she’s so smart! She started using the litterbox right when we put it down and loves cuddles. Of course I also annoy her as much as possible.

The more I go to class, the more I understand. I should have figured this out earlier in life. C’est la vie. For Christmas vacation, I will be traveling around so I may or may not have access to the Internet. We don’t have class for a few weeks, so I figured that would be a great time to discover some neighboring countries - the safe ones. ; )

We have a visitor this weekend, Kristin, she came up from Casamance and she is spenidng a few days with us. And then Nicole will be heading over next week, and then we will be taking off for Tunisia. I can’t wait!