Random

• I saw the Southern Cross the other night. Or, at least I think it was the Southern Cross. I saw the Big Dipper. Did an about-face. And saw something that could be called a cross. I assume my astronomical skills are accurate and that was the Southern Cross. Cool!
• A bat is living in my pit latrine. I saw him the other night and was worried that he was stuck and his wingspan was too wide to escape through the small opening. Two nights later those fears were resolved and replaced with the fear of a slightly damp bat flying up at me at 5 a.m. No. He was not stuck in my pit latrine. Positive side: perhaps he's eating lots of the bugs that are infesting it.
• All of my kohlrabi germinated!! I'm going to eat kohlrabi until I'm sick in about a month and a half. :D heh heh
• I have decided to teach the 1 1/2 year old boy in my compound English. This promises to be very easy. He loves me and "visits" with me alot. So I have decided to only speak to him in English. His mother thinks this is a great idea, especially since she already jokes that his jibberish is English and asks me to translate.
• It is the season of gardens! I planted a 4 meter pepinere with my counterpart. We really didn't consider how much that means we'll have to transplant. We need to start digging ALOT more garden beds. We're going to have more lettuce, cabbage, and onion than we could ever imagine. Maybe I can "accidentally" let the goats eat some.... (horrors! I never said that!)
• It is also the "cold" season. It gets down to the low 60s in my hut at night. Which means I put on socks and huddle under my flannel sheet. I drink hot beverages in the morning. So cold!
• My village will be getting a fancy new peanut-sheller within the next week (hopefully). Which will be an interesting mechanical learning experience. As long as it works well, I will be hailed as a hero! My namesake is waiting to shell 4 50 kilo bags of peanuts until she has the new machine. :S That's a lot of pressure.
• Inshallah I'll recieve the funding for a large community garden project (which included water development) within the next couple of weeks. This means that I will be insanely busy....soon....maybe.
• I have nothing to blog about. Which is why I hadn't blogged since September. IF YOU WANT TO READ ABOUT MY LIFE, TIMES, EXPERIENCES, HORROR STORIES, SOB STORIES, SLIGHTLY UPLIFTING STORIES, etc THEN COMMENT ON THIS POST WITH YOUR IDEAS AND QUESTIONS!!!! Seriously! Especially since my brain is fried here and I really can't remember anything, including what stories I have shared with people and what ones I have not.