Random

Ok some totally disconnected random stories here.

One of my bosses dog gave birth to 8 puppies earlier in the week. Pity it was her first time and she seems to be struggling a little with the whole motherhood thing. Namely she keeps getting up then sitting back down ON the puppies. Even their screechy cries do little to shift her. And then one night we found two of them were dead. Likely suffocated under her. Though she did manage to retrieve them from the bin during the night and put them back with the others. This morning she jumped up with one still attached to her nipples and it subsequently dropped to the ground. I think maybe she will put this all down as a learning experience.

There generally aren't that many types of animals floating around. There are plenty of goats everywhere and they risk their lives (and mine) constantly by running across the road. A more amusing scene the other day was a hen and her little chirping chickens paid a visit to the puppies.

I finished reading my first Nigerian book. It was "Ake" by Wole Soyinka who I'm sure is Nigeria's most famous writer (winning a Nobel Prize and all, ok maybe second behind Achebe). It was actually very interesting. I'd recommend it to most. Incidentally one of the boys who lives next door to me is his nephew and I share Wole's birthday (I told you this was random didn't I).