Babysitting

We're babysitting a friend's dog.

Her name is Bones and they got her really recently. Because she isn't used to them yet she's pretty skittish. But she warmed up to Shep really quick! She gets really happy when she comes over to our house and sees him here. We've been watching her for about a week now since our friends had to go to Lagos. They're back now and they'll be taking Bones back to their house today. I think she's ready to go back to her home. So am I! I have to walk both of the dogs with my Dad and that's some super hard work. They are always pulling us around trying to chase each other and run around. And I thought walking Shep was hard! Speaking of Shep, we've been wondering how we will take him with us back to America. We don't know how hard it'll be. What if the airport security don't let us take him or something like that? We don't know for sure. I've done some research but I'm still a little bit unsure. It's alright though, we'll figure something out! I just wish that we could meet somebody who brought a dog from Nigeria to America. Then they could explain to us what they went through.

Signing off,
The Traveler

Fake Titles!

You heard right!

My parents were talking with some of their friends and hour ago. One of them said that they know some people who'll assign themselves the title "Dr." when they're not really even close to being a doctor! Freaky stuff right? Why lie? Well it's this exotic idea that most of you might not understand...it's called showing off. They wanna be the coolest kids on the block so they make themselves the coolest kids on the block by calling themselves the coolest kids on the block. It's pretty low, like real bad. My Mother got pretty angry when she heard that. She was ranting about how those people don't know how much work it takes to earn the "Dr." title legitimately. I agree. Those sort of people get on my last nerve. They just don't care. So because being called "Dr." is the cool new thing they try to jump the bandwagon in the laziest way possible. Honestly it's too easy to earn a title here in Nigeria. Pretty much anyone can do it. You can even go to illegal places and they'll print out an awesome looking certificate with your signature on it. Don't get me wrong! Not everyone's a crook. A lot of the students and professors earn their titles the correct hard way. I think that most of these students earn even more what with all of the strikes they have to sit through. A four year course could be doubled because of a full university shutdown! But I still thought the fake title stuff was interesting so I just wanted to tell you all. :)

Signing off,
The Traveler