I'm still in Ghana... these last few weeks sure are going by slowly!
I was up pretty late last night because the people outside were singing loud. You're lucky you're back home where it's quiet! [Adults: Seriously, I just want them to give it a rest for one night. I really feel like they're hogging Jesus.]
This morning, I got up early because Grammy and Mommy came up with a plan to make the basement look pretty again. So I went to Madina Market again on the tro-tro - it wasn't as much fun without you! But I got some nice fabric that I think goes pretty well with the blue cloth that Grampy bought here but didn't use.
(Sorry my picture is a little blurry.)
I also got some linen cloth in solid colors (purple and dark red and chocolate colored) so that Miss Gloria could make me some "regular" shirts that I can wear with ties. But, actually, you should tell Grammy that the man who was the son(?) of the woman who ran the Nigerian restaurant (that closed...) is the tailor for boy clothes there, after all. I think I may have accidentally bought very very light weight linen for the shirts, but we'll see how they come out - it would be nice to be able to wear some of my Ghana shirts to work!
I also got some shoes, since my black shoes are falling apart and probably not worth taking home. But then a man grabbed them from me and started putting little rivets in them - he said, to help hold the straps on, but I finally had to yell at him to stop, and then we were in an argument about how much I owed him for the ones he already did - without me asking! This is the sort of thing that sometimes happens at markets that I really don't like.
Tonight, I'd thought about going to Miss Ofie's jazz club to see some singing, but I'm too tired and missing you and Mommy a bit too much. So, instead, I worked. I'm almost done editing (which is sort of like re-writing and fixing parts) of one big paper, and when I'm done with that I can start on the other one I started writing while I was here... and then I can start the third and fourth ones I have in mind!
My job is a lot of writing, when I'm not teaching.
I'd talk more about them, but they're sort of boring and they talk about fighting a lot. The one I'm working on now is about how peacekeepers - remember, I said those are soldiers who come to stop fighting - can work with people who live near the fighting. And the other one I'm working on is about how soldiers have to be careful that they only fight when it's the right thing to do. And then I've started making notes for one about different ways you can talk to people who are fighting, and about how the soldiers in Ghana feel about all the times they've gone to other countries to try to stop fighting there. Especially now that I got to talk to a helicopter pilot!
I miss you, and I'll be home in only 18 days!
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