The Other Toenail…

Reese in Limbe.

I was made to pick up the chicken "like you would a football". He pooped a lot in his brief stay in my exterior room. It was really smelly. The other one tried to bite Reese twice. We enjoyed eating both of them.













A few minutes later. See how naked?? Not so tough now, eh, chicken??

It's a real treat to stay in the Case with Justin Fugo. Or I guess this was Ingrid Martens. There is a pile of stuff "up for grabs"... this rouge number was inside. We all have motorcycle helmets.

I’m in Yaounde after a brief period at post following my America trip. My boyfriend, Reese, was bit by a bird-eating spider and got his close of service (COS) early (I will try to get a photo of this wound). He's fine. I got to take a little vacation to come to “the Yao,” as Bill Zimmerman likes to call it, and see him off. Last night we had a doggone spread to celebrate Reese’s many achievements. This included slices of ham schmeared with cream cheese (dubbed “Kalamazoo rolls” by the sushi expert), sour cream & onion Pringles, groundnuts (peanuts) and fancy pitted olives. Yessir. Sad to see him go, but who doesn’t love a reason for a party?

He’s not gone that early, though. In a few short months (pending this same spider does not attack me), I’ll be going home too. I will probably fly in to Chicago… in the middle of December. I’m crossing my fingers for unseasonable warmness. Unfortunately, I’m not sure I will be reentering the United States with either toenail. The one that I wrote about a few months ago has ceased its growth. It is a stubby, painful little thing and I am forced to paint the front of my toe to achieve the look of a real nail. Today the left nail came off. It was quite a surprise.

What’s on the docket until November? Tree outplanting, soy milk fabrication, camps and songs, hanging at the palace, and lots of photos. Peace Corps time sure seems to fly by.

Note: The Fon of Bafut is presently in the United States. From what I understand, he will be in Maryland (Silver Springs), Philadelphia, Washington DC, Houston, Chicago and two other cities (maybe St. Louis and San Francisco).