Funnish - my blog?

According to a comment made on a previous post, this is a "fun" blog. Never quite thought of it that way, but if that is the case, I must write to reach my readers. If you all want a "fun" blog, then I guess I can accomodate. Scribbles leaves such long comments, perhaps I should just let her have partial access to my blog, so she can post instead of commenting? J/K, Scribbles, I don't mind. You make up for all my adoring readers who desperately want to post, but are afraid of....something. I don't know what.

Okay, another story from Africa. In Cabo Verde, there is a bird, about the size of a large robin. When it is not flying, it is a dull and dim blue color. When it is flying, the bottom of its wings show, and the bird appears to change colors and is a brilliant, flashing blue. So anyway, there are 13 of us packed into a van (called an Hiace) driving down a cobblestone road on our way back home from working in the schools. All the windows in the Hiace are open all the time, cause I guess the a/c doesn't work. We're driving along, and this blue bird flashes in through the front passenger seat window, turns 120 degrees in about a foot and a half of space, hits the guy sitting in front of me in the mouth, and flies out through his window. The whole thing took like 1.5 seconds. Then everyone's like, "oh wow, did that really just happen?" Pretty different.

Have I ever said anything about the Toyota Hiace? The van is the size of a 10 passenger van. It has 5 rows of 3-seat benches. So it fits 15 people...legally. On last year's trip, they apparently got something like 20 or 25 packed into the van. I really wonder where the put the engine on this van, though. The front, well, there isn't a front. What there is, sticks out about 5 inches from the front of the windshield, which is pratically perpendicular to the ground. I am having trouble getting my thought pictures into word pictures. Does anyone else ever have that trouble?

I just got home from a wedding music practice. My viola teacher, Elizabeth, is getting married on the 7th of July, and she asked all her students to play during the reception. I volunteered to help with organizing the music and getting all the students together to practice and what not. Well, now my friend Suzannah (who also volunteered) and I are heading the whole thing up. Elizabeth claims no part in anything. And unless we sound awful, she leaves it up to Suzannah and I to fix problems with how the music sounds and everything. That's kind of interesting, and stressful. I have enough problems fixing what I do wrong. Luckily, I have this keen insight where I can tell anyone exactly what they are doing wrong. Sometimes that gets me in trouble, though. :) So this was most likely our last practice before the wedding. Most of it sounds okay, but some... I think I might accidently be sick on the day of the wedding, you know? But I'm not a chicken, so I'll be there, attempting to help Suzannah carry the whole group along.