It has been an eventful few days leading up to school holidays. Firstly i got Meredith to cut my hair. She was rightly hesitant having never cut someones locks before, but with a gentle bit of cajoling and a demonstration on how to cut ones own hair (audible gasps from Meredith) she eventually started snipping away. The demon barber was born. It was much appreciated too as my hair is like wool that grows at the speed of light!!
On the 25th of March Ines was born 30 years ago. I arranged for the school on wheels crew to go out for drinks. A little side note about African culture here, when you invite people out for drinks that means you are paying for everything, including soya.
So i was a bit scared of 40 thirsty Cameroonians turning up. We managed to keep it intimate though. I made her a card with 'joyeux anniversaire' on it and put a few pictures in. I also bought her some ear-rings. She was sooo thankful, so unbelievably overwhelmed like i'd just given her a return ticket to the moon. Apparently birthdays aren't much celebrated occasions here.
Drinks were drunk and drinks made us drunk so much so that Ines was in no fit state to go travelling up a mountain in a taxi on her own. She crashed in my spare bedroom
speaking french in an unconscious state. Now one of the irrational things that scares me in this life are people talking in their sleep. I don't know what it is about unconscious speech that freaks me out, but it does. Especially when the person is saying 'merd, merd' over and over when you have never heard them swear when being awake!! Freaky.
Anyway it was a fantastic night. In the morning she said it was the best birthday she had ever had (humbling) and she also uttered the imortal words 'never again' with complete sincerity.
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