A friend of mine sent an email from her post in Rumbeck, which is a town in Lakes State, South Sudan. She sent some photos of very large cockroaches with fangs. Apparently this one was attacking the cat! They seem pretty nasty. Thankfully I haven't run into any in Bentiu yet.
On my run yesterday I saw a bobcat I think, it had a long tail and spots, was a bit bigger than your average cat. I hope it wasn't eating the baby mongoose. It's almost like I live on a safari. Almost.
Here is a photo of the mongoose outside our office. On my run this evening I saw a whole pack, about 40, babies and all.
Today I made a vegetable curry and after that I was so bored that I decided to wash my yoga mat. Something that was needing to be done for a long time, particularly considering the fact that the mat used to belong to my mother. It probably had 3 years of dead skin cells and sweat mingled in it. A nice thought as you move into downward dog.
