Two guys are at the neighboring school, mowing the lawn. They are using machete's to do it; just bending over and chopping away at the grass. Now I don't know about you, but I feel like I just messed my back up simply watching these guys hack in one foot increments.
So I also promised to talk about the following things:
1) Our first car in Lagos (complete with pictures) - Alright, so I don't have pictures yet; although I did get lens tissue for the camera lens so I can take non-hazy pictures again. Kara found some microscope lens tissue in her classroom, so I "borrowed" some of that! About the car: I think it's a 94 or 95 Honda Accord (there is no real official paperwork on the car other than the fact that it was imported through Benin). That's pretty much the standard here, you buy a car that nobody knows the history on for several thousand dollars and you don't argue about it because it's a moot point. It's only a moot point because they tell you that. Who am I to argue? There are 15 million people in this city, and nobody cares to explain the origin of various vehicles! The battery is supposedly new; however, if you don't start the car at least once a day, you're stuck jump starting it. I told one of the drivers I was bringing a Die Hard back from the states and that was that. He asked me to bring him back one and I said sorry, they're too heavy and luggage is valuable!
2) Paying for our first car in Lagos (Complete with Naira totals) - I mentioned earlier that the cost of the car was several thousand dollars. For you Naira savvy folks, it was 670,000 Naira. You do the math. Anyways, because there is no Post Office here, there is no billing. When there's no billing, there's no option to pay the car off using a payment plan. So that means that you have to pay straight up, essentially walking around with several thousand dollars in cash, taking it to get converted to Naira, which then means I was walking around with several HUNDRED thousand Naira. Scary stuff!! But we made it and have a car...that sorta runs well...for a 94 or 95 Honda.
3) Bryan's first test-drive in Lagos - Before we bought the car, I test drove it. It'd been at least 3 years since I drove a stick-shift vehicle, but it was fun. I'll let Kara explain the experience from her spot in the back seat. I don't think either of us took a breath the entire time!
4) Our first Parent Conferences in Lagos - 87% of the parents showed up and 87% of those were with their spouse at the conferences...just a little different than Tacoma!
5) Bryan's first tennis lessons in Lagos - I look like Andre Agassi out there (only because I'm bald). I serve like Jamie Moyer pitches...very slow (but my changeup is wicked!)
6) Kara's karate lessons in Lagos - What can I say, she's testing for her yellow belt before Christmas break and that scares me!! Just kidding, but really, she's tough and is learning Karate very fast and well!
7) Eid-el-Fitri and other Nigerian Holiday customs - Once again, last week we were told at the very end of the week that we would have a holiday on both Monday and Tuesday! We very much enjoyed our holiday and got a lot of much needed rest and relaxation.
As far as receiving Madden 07, I have nothing new to report other than it got here and it's a great game! Well worth the wait I might add! But the ordeal to get it here is a story amongst itself and will have to wait until I get enough motivation up to type it, or you just ask me yourself in person when we're back over Christmas break.
On another note, we had another tremendous storm here the other night. I did happen to catch a lightning bolt on camera, so here you go! On our next installment, more of my Mefloquine dreams(and this next one is a dooozy!)
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Gosh will we have enough time at Christmas to hear all of the stories that we will want to hear about that you have experienced over there!
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