The pictures are out of order to the story I'm about to tell, but I'll walk you through it, don't worry...Some times, looks can be deceiving. Here is the AUN University Club in Yola on a nice day (pics #2 and #3). A few hours later it got even better, because it started to RAIN (pic #1). I can't tell you how nice a cool wind and wetness feels after a strong, beating sun for months on end! A short few minutes later, the rain storm ended (but another one that lasted a half hour or so came a few days later). We've been having such generator problems with any facility related to AUN that now we can't use the pool because the pump won't work on the electricity provided... and the machines and the air conditioners at the gym won't work because it's the same problem. I live for the treadmill, mostly because it's too bloody hot to walk for more than five minutes at a time outside. It's a bit frustrating to be dealing with all of this, but when I see these photos I feel like we are so lucky to even have a facility available to us here like this in such a rural location. I've decided to count my lucky stars instead of complaining of the above and about how I can't post as much as I'd like to these days because of internet problems. Is there something that you've been taking for granted lately?
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The rainy season's starting here too, finally. The humidity's way up and I've had to crank the a/c all night, but I'm glad to get some belated precip to settle all this dust.
I wrote a poem that night of the first rain. It ends "How this rain will change our lives." I read poems at AUN yesterday too, by your office.
Today I found not-so-effin-horrible internet. Same thing last night. Overjoyed.
Yeah man, this is "roughing it."
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Hugs.
Hi!
I googled "african tattoo design" and your blog came up linked to this post. I started reading your blog and am now addicted to your story and photographs.
The odd thing is, my friend recently decided to go teach in Nigeria and my husband and I are considering following the same path in a year. Where do you work? And any advice would be awesome! He thinks we would be living in like a hut somewhere... lol.
Adding you to my blogroll btw. Hope you don't mind.
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