Thursday, November 30, 2006 Thanksgiving was a success. There was good eating, good times and good beer. Surprisingly as well it was a really mellow Thanksgiving. No stress, no anger, just good times. It was actually pretty surreal. Fun though.

Tonight is my last night in Parakou. Well, last night for awhile. I'm leaving tomorrow for a roundabout trip to Cotonou and flying out on Monday. Holy. Freakin'. Poo. It's hard to believe that I'm that close to being in the US. Frightening actually. I of course am looking forward to it, but going to Accra was a culture/development shock (albeit a delicious one). The US will be off the charts.

My JET application is officially in. Hurray! Now the waiting game begins.

Other applications are progressing, but I've been so busy in Parakou that I haven't had much time to devote to them. Almost there though, just need a few hours to clean up the essays and i'll be done. THANK GOD.