Happy Birthday to me!

I know it's probably gauche to say Happy Birthday to me, but I'm in Tamba so this doesn't count. And I'm saying it in celebration overall, not to make you feel guilty for having forgotten (haha, just kidding). Even though I'm in Tamba, I love my birthday. Today I am going to make some pasta primavera today with the broccoli we bought in Dakar for lunch, then we'll have some chicken cordon bleu that I had made and frozen a couple months ago with some fettuccine and fennel salad for dinner. Something simple but tasty and comfort-food like--I just don't want to spend my entire day in the kitchen. Brook offered to take the day off and cook but come on, we're in Tamba. There is really nothing to do. I told him to save the day and we'll do something a bit later. The great thing is, is that I wasn't even being a martyr about it. It's true. I'm also going to make a coke float, and watch a Jimmy Stuart movie that I got for Christmas during the day (because Brook hates old movies). It's very exciting. I'll probably eat some more goodies too. I don't like cake so I am not making one of those (in case you were curious). So it should be a good day! Hope it is for you too.

****Newsflash. Some Senegalese dude tried to catch a free ride to the states on the Delta direct flight to Atlanta yesterday. He got up in the area where the wheel is stored. Somewhere along the Atlantic he died from hypothermia. Surprise!!!! What an idiot. This definitely needs to be submitted to Darwin's Top 10. http://www.topix.net/world/senegal