We are still having problems getting our residents permit
this year, they have run out of the material to make them! This could be a problem at the airport when
we leave on Saturday, so Steve went to see Ousman this morning who is arranging
for our passport to be stamped to avoid problems. Steve dropped me at the vet with CiCi who is
still sleepy and has been sick a few times.
We called at the bank on the way home and then continued to pack away
the unwanted items for the summer. The
humidity is 100% in the rainy season and spoils anything and everything which
is not packed into plastic bags out of the way, so all curtains, towels and
bedding have to be stored. We are having
a student visitor in July this year, so an exception has been made with the
downstairs bedroom. Kebba will meet
James and bring him home for a few days until he joins Ousman for the rest of
his stay. James is studying politics and
so spending time with Ousman is ideal for him to learn about the system here.
Then into the storeroom to meet the landlord, pay him the
rent and then sort out any remaining items.
We always try and keep some of the essential items to give out before
the container arrives, and this year is no exception, pens, exercise books,
paper, chalk and pencils will be left handy to give out when we return. Everything else has now gone except for a
delivery tomorrow and some furniture which is going on Friday. Sait came to help us and we swept out all the
rubbish, pulled the remaining items away from the walls to avoid the termites,
and made a pile of boxes with airbeds and mosquito nets in, ready for future
visitors. All this took the rest of the
morning and some of the afternoon and left us thirsty and hungry, so we drove
along to Neils’ bar for lunch and a cold beer.
Back home for the rest of the day, where we discovered that
Sanaba had been and taken the dog back to Jamwelly already.
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