Saturday, May 19, 2007 So, I've been doing some research on Takasaki:

- There are at least 2 Starbucks
- There are several McDonalds

That is all.

Thursday, May 17, 2007 Found out where I'm being posted in Japan!

I'll be in Takasaki, in Gunma prefecture. I don't really know too much more about it. It looks like it's a city of around 300,000 people, roughly 100km from Tokyo.

Am I happy. Without having ever have been there, I can't really say. It looks pretty sweet though!

The end!

Friday, May 11, 2007 Ah, finally back in Parakou. Home sweet home.

Sadly I found a palpable lack of motivation to do anything this morning. Usually that means watching TV, but I didn't even want to do that! I finally motivated enough to come up to the workstation and do some computer repair for other volunteers... of course after arriving here I found that I had forgotten half of my tools. Oh well, there is always tomorrow. I did at least get 2/3rds of what I wanted to get done today done.

In my continuing freaking out about my friends states of development... More than one person I went to college with is looking at buying houses. I always said I would probably kill myself if someone had kids when I got back... A house though almost seems worse! What am I doing with my life?! Okay, freak-out finished. In all seriousness it does scare me how adult many of my friends are becoming. At the same time, I'm really only jealous of the money they're making... and that jealousy is light at best. I've no regrets about where I am. It does scare me how grown-up everyone is turning though.

Wednesday, May 09, 2007 So, when I was complaining. I didn't realize how awesome the med-unit is.

The air-conditioning in my room is so cold I actually had to turn it off last night. That is so sweet I can't even begin to describe. What's more, there is one of those rolling bedside hospital tables. That means I can sit in bed and play video games.

Not sweating, video games, laziness: three things I love!

So sad that I'll have to leave to a busy weekend of fixing computers.

Monday, May 07, 2007 AH! NO MORE COTONOU!

I'm still here. After a fun VAC-Attack (which means nice hotel, air conditioning and internet) I'd have liked to leave. Sadly it's that magical time: COS Medical. I thought I'd be clever and schedule it right now, so I could avoid another trip to Cotonou. Sadly, I calculated days incorrectly. This appointment should occur 30-60 days before COS. I tried to schedule it for 61 days. Oops.

So, this means rather than being stuck down here simply one day, because of Doctor absence I'll be here another 3.

Damn.