Excitement

In a little-mentioned perk, I discovered that I have 3 vials of nerve agent antidote and some sort of training gas mask packaged in the corner of my office! This is left over from the last (more important) guy to have my desk, but still. When that nerve gas attack hits Gaborone, I (and 2 of my friends) will be sure to carry on in the name of public health.

In perhaps the most exciting development of the week, a New Yorker arrived! To be precise, the Aug. 21 issue arrived on Aug. 23, all packaged in a cute little DHL wrapper. I was SHOCKED!!! Rachel called up the NY subscription people and apparently it somehow didn't cost anything to forward it to Botswana until renewal (?!) so she tried it. Even though every single line of the address had a mistake (Garbone, anyone?) it still made it. Given the in-country mail process, not to mention the international transfers, I would have bet a lot of money against that outcome. So there is hope for all of those lovely things I am sure you have all sent me.