Dakar daily

Last night was awesome. I actually slept almost all night without waking up at all. Not that I don't sleep here; I sleep more than any time since I was like... well maybe since ever. The heat really just wears everyone out and by the time I get home and take a shower and have dinner I'm usually ready to pass out around 10 or 11. Pathetic, I know. Regardless, last night may have been the coolest evening since being here. Secondly, usually cool has it's downsides like when it's cool because it's really windy which also means that my mosquito net refuses to stay attached to my bed and envelopes me in it. This is enough to make a person go absolutely mad! A few times I've woken up in the middle of the night and wanted to bawl my eyes out in frustration. Once I decided screw the stupid thing and hung it up but then I couldn't sleep because I could feel little bastard mosquitoes as they made a meal of me. Therefore, I usually opt for being wrapped in the net rather than being eaten since being eaten usually leads to itching to a degree I've never known before. Itching that you can't stop scratching to the extent that you become animal-like. Anyway, there's that problem with the cool evenings or there's the cool evenings that are only cool because it's about to rain. Don't get me wrong, I totally love rain and the storms here are unbelievable. They last forever and it rains super hard and they have cloud to cloud lightning which is one of the coolest things I've ever seen in the sky. However, in my room when it rains it means I have to close my window because the rain comes in and onto my bed. This converts my tiny room into a virtual sauna which as you might imagine is not fun for sleeping. So, I am very grateful for the comfortable evening last night with no catch.