SICK

I am feeling a little under the weather today. I have got a low grade temp, a runny nose, and an achey body. I hate being sick when it is hot outside because it makes everything that much worse. I went to visit my parents in Arizona a few years back and I acquired strep throat. It was nasty, nasty because it was about 120 degrees outside. So, that illness adventure was not unlike the one I am having now. Yah.... for me.

Patrick and I are officially leaving in July, but the really sad part is that we will be missing Laecee's wedding. She and CJ will be married almost one month before we can possibly come home. I hate the way things work out. I am glad to be getting out of this joint. I hate the heat, the dust, the dirt, the bugs, and just about everything one can possibly think of.

I saw something that really grossed me out the other day. Please take into consideration that my gross-out meter has shifted quite a bit since my arrival in this joint so, this was really nasty. I was taking a taxi through some neighborhoods on the outskirts of Niamey and there is front of us was a river err creek of sewage. Most people just dig a pit outside their concession wall and the bathroom waste drains into that, but this person had taken it upon himself to dig a ditch through the middle of the street through which the family waste would be funneled. Even the taxi driver was grossed-out. We had to drive around the river of filth because he would not drive his car through the black nightmare.