Survivor X-mas

So I just hosted over 20 PSL 22ers in a work station that has a capacity of maybe 15. It was fun and loud and exciting and we survived! We celebrated a backyard cookout christmas...we cooked cheese burgers, deviled eggs, potato salad, and a slaw. Cookies were backed (ginger bread and ginger snaps) as well as 3 apple crisps. It was a fun, if hectic, time. I am glad a lot of the new stage made it up to see the Alibori. They were treated to nights that dropped into the 60's! This is very different from the mid 80's, high humidity of the south. A lot of people are hitting up the christmas safari and many have buddies/family over. Now I am trying to reset and get some more work for myself...frustrating. I think I mentioned the new generator last post.....if not: Our old generator was a 4.5 kW you might find at Home Depot, the new one is a mammoth 12.8 kW turbocharged industrial grade generator. I think if I run it at lower than 80% load then it will never reach operational temps and break seals/rings/ect. This seems as good a time as any to get the workstation an A/C unit!! For my next fantasy we will be installing a pool with decorative fountain.

Happy Holidays

Sorry I haven't been posting for a while, I've been running here and there. Just got back from Cotonou and withdrew my WS operating $. They gave me all 10 mille bills (10.000 CFA) which are really hard to pass up here. I might have to go to the nearest bank (which is far) to change some out. Thanx was good. We killed a turkey and had a lot of good food to eat (thanks to many families back home sending tasty treats)). X-mas is coming up fast and I am going to have a lot of the new stage up here. I think we are doing a cheese burger and fries and deviled eggs cook out. Also a small gifts swap (under 3 mille). I am currently trying to save up for a b-day trip to Mali (dogun country). A lot of people are coming / leaving for the holidays. 2 Alibori PCVs are home for the holidays alone. Others have also headed out. Many parents / siblings / friends have come to visit with their PCVs over this x-mas break. This is not an underhanded invitation to any of my family...Benin is not a great tourist spot. For the same money you can have an awesome time in the Lesser Antilles, I would reccomend that. I lost in the semifinals for Fantasy Football...but I still did pretty well (unfortunately I had an off week and had to play Aaron Rodgers, QB GB). Hope everyone is enjoying nice weather and have nice trees this year.