Wow, time is getting away from me lately. Has it really been almost a week since I blogged? I guess we've been a wee bit busy. Trips to the markets, hanging with the people, keeping the house in order. We're also taking a trip to Morocco in a couple of months and perhaps to Ian's teacher's village in a week, so preparations have been progressing for both of those.
Yesterday, we took a big walk and stopped by the animal parts market to see Ian and meet some people and had planned on going to a bunch of travel agents afterwards. The street leading up to the market was a mess. It truly did look as if a storm had blown through, but alas, it was just the local police. I guess they've decided that some of the vendors for about, oh, a 1/4 km stretch, have stalls too close to the road. So they dealt with it in a very mature manner. Late at night when all were gone, they went through, en masse, with batons, and broke everyone's tables and benches. When we arrived, they had brought a dump truck in and were telling everyone to clean up their mess...fantastic stereotype of corrupt African government, I know. We then sqeezed our way through the crowds to a coffee shop that was new when we were here before. I stopped in for some cool, refreshments and a place to let Marshall out of his carrier. 10 years can really age a place...
The rest of the day was busy with market trips, house work, travel agents, long walks and lots and lots of playing. Marshall just can't stop sometimes. I think he was so stimulated yesterday that he didn't even sleep well last night, so here he is, now, the next day. I had plans for us, but it seems he has plans as well. Our little one is quite tired and nothing is rousing him. Even a playful father...
