My Zoology class was canceled yesterday. Although none of the students had my phone number to inform me. When I showed up, they invited me to dissect mosquitoes with them in the lab. I happily accepted the invitation.

The mosquitoes were held in a bucket with a piece of mesh across the top. The students had to remove the mosquitoes one at a time, to check their gender and dissect them. They extracted each mosquito by putting one end of a clear glass tube in their mouth and the other end in the cage. They then used the end of the tube to suck up a mosquito and inspect it.
The dissection was done under a microscope (very carefully). When they were done, they showed me all of the different organs.

For dinner we went to George and Xena's house. Xena is a masterful chef; she cooked a feast! We haven't eaten like that for months. They also have satellite TV, which was a luxury we rarely have in Sudan.