My Love Hate Relationship

I dont know if Ive said this before or not but my opinion of Senegal changes on a daily and sometimes hourly basis. Last Friday for example, I had a meeting at 7:30 in the morning and after it I essentially was feeling pretty negative about Senegal and wanted to leave. But then I had another interview at 11:00 where the guy I met with was so so kind and helpful and even taught me about the very confusing Car Rapide routes. Then something very amusing happened on the Car Rapide (see icture of it at the left). It stalled in the middle of traffic. I was sitting there and wondering what would happen next. I was certain that everyone on the packed bus would have to get off and findanother one. And I also wondered if theyd refund our money and assumed that they wouldnt. But then they took two men from the bus and the apprenti (the guy who hangs off the back of the bus and yells the stops and collects riders money) pushed the bus. The thought that they might do this had crossed my mind but then I assumed it wasnt possible. But thank God for manual transmission because she started right up and we were off again. I loved Senegal again after that. Its amazing how these sort of things dont really phase me anymore. At home, cars rarely seem to stall, much less the public transportation.

And then I got home and discovered that there were ants in the peanuts that I keep in a sealed container in my room. I discovered this after i had taken a couple of handfuls... unfortunately.