Got to have a little

Got to have a little fun last night. There was a 50th birthday party for one of the US staff and all of us temporary folks got invited along with the regular staff. What a blast it was! The event was held at someone’s home, and we spent the evening outside eating, drinking, laughing, dancing and so on. The weather was probably in the low 80s, no humidity and a slight breeze. Couldn’t have been better if it was planned.

Last week I also had a chance to attend a BBQ at the home of the Mission director. That was also quite good. He BBQ’d the chicken himself with his special sauce. There were only about 8 of us there, so I was in pretty good company for that evening too.

Every place I’ve been, the US direct hires have been very good about extending invitations to us temporary folks when there is the possibility of fun to be had.

I’m off to Lagos in an hour or so for 3 days. Folks said that it compares to Calcutta. That sounds pretty uninviting, but I’ll try to go in with no expectations and be pleasantly surprised when I discover that its only as bad as Bombay…