Feeling Better

Thanks to the gracious attentions of My and Hien I am feeling much better now. I tell you what, there's nothing better for what ails you than a couple vietnamese women armed with spicy soups. I pity the flu.


We've been laying around listening to the palm trees brush against the balcony, and it's been quite cool here on the river. My is renting a new house which i'll talk about later. It's all very pleasant here, all except for this damn monkey My bought. He's not long for this world.

I didn't get an acceptable answer when i asked her why she bought this thing. She was driving around town and saw it on the side of the road for sale for 80,000 dong ($5) I guess she just decided that it was time to have a monkey. It's a total bastard and i'll have none of it. It hardly ever leaves you alone, and if i leave the window/vent in the bathroom open at night, he gets into the bedroom and harasses us. And pees. And poos. And then you have to catch him to get him out. But he don't wanna go out. Damn this monkey.

I may soon have blood on my hands.