August 31st
This morning as I
was buying bread I kept getting called “La Russe” by a guy I
didn't know at the coffee shack. Since when have there ever been
Russians in Burkina? I understand when they call me “La Francaise”
or even “La Belge” since French and Belgian (and even German)
NGOs have a fairly big presence in Burkina, but Russian?
I
don't know what it is, but I'm feeling better about going to the
science camp, even staying the whole time (earlier I'd been hoping to
leave early since I have so little time left in village). It could be
simple resigned laziness, or my feelings about working at the CSPS
this morning, but I'm looking forward to the time away so that I'll
appreciate all the more when I get to come back. I've still got some
stuff to work out on my way home at the Bureau, paperwork and
appointments and this issue Jeff called about. They apparently got
our COS date a little wrong and now I officially COS November 16th
(instead of the 15th),
That's fine, but he said that since the 12th
is a holiday I might want to come in on the 9th
to get stuff started, which seems excessive. I'd really prefer not to
be sitting around for 3 days over the long weekend just to have one
extra day to do Bureau paperwork, so I'll ask Jeff if there's
anything I can do to get things done in advance of those final “COS”
days.
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