Thursday Night Out

Thursday, July 15, 2004

July is half over! In many ways, time is flying by while I’m here, but at times it seems really slow. I’m not even halfway through my journey yet. The good news is that I may have found a way to get to Victoria Falls for a weekend! I’m awaiting word from the travel agent, especially on payment details. I think they prefer a wire transfer of some sort, which is fine, as long as I can initiate it from here.

I had to write Casey an email about the PUK code that is keeping her phone from working properly for me. I’m not sure she’ll even check her yahoo account while gone; we’ll see. I may just be phone-less. That sucks, but it’s my own fault for: a) dropping the old phone in water and breaking it and b) for entering the wrong code on the new phone until it locked up.

I forgot my card for gym, so I just went home and decided to chill out with Pet until it was time to go to Yinka’s for a dinner out. It’s very funny, b/c 18 people showed up at this restaurant. It was a very nice time though, and the dinner was really good. I enjoyed it immensely. I even got to eat dessert, which was a banana cut up and wrapped in a cinnamon pastry, deep fried, and served with ice cream. It tasted just like warm banana bread, which was awesome.

Came home, and discovered that we had water pressure!!! I was able to take a nice hot shower for 15 minutes! I got to scrub and get really clean, which made me so happy. I never thought I’d be so giddy over a shower, but I was! I hope the water is not cut off again this weekend. I hate feeling grimy. I’ve started packing a washcloth and shampoo for the gym since their showers work all the time, from what I can tell. They have soap there, so it will do in a pinch. Rather do that than have the sponge bath special which only takes care of any funk you might have, but not the general feeling of being grimy.

Richard called, and all is well. It was time for Emma and Jackson to get their heartworm pills and their anti-flea and tick solution. He didn’t know where it was, so I told him. Also, it turns out that Emma has a hormonal problem, which is causing her hair loss. They want to put her on melatonin for a few months and see if it helps. She may need to be on it the rest of her life. Nothing seriously wrong, though, which is good. I hope the melatonin is not outrageously expensive. If it is, we may have to forgo it. I’ll spend what I have to in order to save her life, but for something cosmetic, I have my limits J

It’s late, so I need to go to sleep or I’ll be dead for my ¾ day on Friday! Another week is almost finished!