Shoutout to the fans.

Today I found an internet cafe right next to the school where we have training. I bought a bunch of time in bulk so I got a good deal. It came out to about 20 cents per hour, which is pretty good here. Usually the going rate is about 60 cents an hour. So since it looks like I'll have the luxury of going on the internet more often, it also means I'll be able to post smaller and less significant posts about being here in Benin.

Today I am happy to announce that I found a fan for my room. I haven't been sleeping too well since I got here since I've been waking up several times each night because I'm just too uncomfortably hot (and other times because of obnoxious roosters). I hypothesized that this was because I have not been keeping my window open since that would invite all of gods creatures big and small (but mostly the biggest of the smallest) to enter my room. In fact, immediately after I opened my window for the first time, a very sizable cockroach darted onto the window sill from the outside wall. I was able to get it to leave, but window hasn't been opened since, and my sleep has been suffering from it.

I decided yesterday that enough was enough, and that I would set up mosquito netting over the window (this will all make a lot more sense once I get some pictures and/or video up). I rigged a slip and pulley system so that the window panes can swing outward and back closed without me ever undoing the mosquito netting. However, when my host family saw me finishing up the project, they offered me a fan, which ended up working out great. I slept all through the night, and even slept with my shirt on since the temperature was so tolerable. Consequentially, today was a very happy-go-lucky day for me.