Miss Okavango: Is that a growl, a rumble, or thunder? I don't care. I'm getting in the car.

First of all, I have to say - the cool photos in the last blog (you'll know them if you just glance once) are Michelle's. She took them, she gave them to me, and I stole them for the blog. She knows it, and I know it. But I did it anyway. All credit to you Mich, your photos are WAAAAY better than mine :)

So Sunday, which would have been my day off, was instead filled with inward screaming as I watched my mac laptop disintegrate further and further into...a piece of metal that opens and closes, and makes a cool sounding 'bong' when you press the power button. That's all. Oh, and a flashing question mark in the middle of the screen, which sometimes changes into a smiling computer-shaped face, although why on earth he's smiling I can't imagine. It's just not funny. It flashes half-heartedly for a little while, then just gives up and switches off completely.

Thank goodness for the big old computer in the office, with a screen image that jumps up and down, and is even now making me just a little queasy. Kinda like that flight the other day. Anyway, I've been having computer nightmares lately, full of beeps and bongs and flashing screens, so I'm not gonna talk about it anymore.

We've taken to watching old episodes of Friends on Michelle's lovely laptop after dinner - normally with some PFMs, choccie (if we have any to spare), and hot chocolate. It's our indulgence. Yes. And we deserve it too, because this week we've been eating lots of carrots and pears for lunch, instead of last week's cottage pie. Anyway, last night, as we were getting our dose of Friends (Rachel and Ross finally got it together! Well, for the first time, you know)...I heard this weird loud scraping scratchy noise on the canvas (which is our wall) - I looked over, and saw the unbelievable. And this is gonna freak you out, but don't scream. I saw...CLAW imprints on the canvas, scraping down the wall in a long streaky, claw-like line!! **SCRAPE!!** Mich didn't see it, and we spent the next while completely freaked out (well, I did), trying to work out what on EARTH that was trying to get into our tent, and why on EARTH an animal would do that, and WHICH OF US is actually gonna look outside? Mich was the brave one, and as she was peering, Emily and Ros jumped out from behind Stanley and we got the fright of our lives! We laughed until our stomachs hurt, and felt thoroughly embarrassed. Well, I did - Mich never did think it was an animal. I felt embarrassed.

All in all - Face doesn't have malaria, and he's right as rain. Andrew and Steph have been stuck in the mud enough times to drive a man insane. Even one as tough as Andrew. They spent the night in their vee-hickle (not a car, mind you), stuck in the mud, swatting mozzies and collecting drinking water from leaves. Bear Grills style. Minus the cliffs and eating snakes. We had apple pie this week...twice! Steph gave us some fancy American dark chocolate. That's our news. Big weekend coming up, so keep reading! :)