We's Gettin Fat.

This morning we were visited, bright and early, by Patience. She came into our bedroom and greeted us and laughed as we were getting ready for the day.

We are hanging around Asamankese this weekend, so we just had a really chill day. We went to town a couple times, and just spent some time with Auntie Joe.

I was sitting outside doing some lesson planning this morning and I can’t help but notice how often that Enoch plays Akon on his speakers. There is a guesthouse right beside Auntie Joe’s house and they are ALWAYS blasting music in English which is nice. It’s just kinda funny that it either seems to be some form of Christian Praise and Worship or Akon and Rihanna...It is also worth noting how I would never listen to either of those artists back home, but when I am here I LOVE hearing it play.

When I do work outside, I usually sit on the steps that lead up to Auntie Joe’s balcony. The lizards love to sit on there, and they generally sleep there during the night because the stone stays really warm for longer than the ground does. This morning there were quite a few sitting up there and they always scatter when I walk up. I had never noticed before today, but they don’t scamper up the steps, they hop from one step to the other. If there are 8 steps, they take 8 jumps and they are at the top. It’s really funny.

Speaking of lots of lizards, Yaa was drying out more maize today; she spreads them out on a blanket in the sun to dry so that later they can strip the kernels and use them for banku and kenkey and dishes like that. They can also replant the cobs.

Auntie Joe asked if we had corn in Canada and if I wanted to eat some of that corn. I lived on a farm last summer; I now know the difference between cow corn and sweet corn and that was NOT sweet corn she was offering me. This reminded me of how much I miss eating frozen corn or even corn from a can. Mmm.

Petra and I bought skipping ropes in the market today; we figured we needed the exercise and we both don’t like going for a run, so we are making our own form of exercise. Ironically enough when we returned from the market, and I will add the detail that we walk 25 mins there and 25 mins back, uphill both ways, Auntie Joe greeted us and said, “oh wow, you girls have been putting on lots of weight! That is so nice!” ...Thanks Auntie Joe... I guess the skipping ropes will be coming out often?


When we were walking through a back alley in the market today, there were two guys peeing into the water at the same time. We had to walk behind them and they both called to us asking us to wait and shake their hands to greet them. I DON'T THINK SO!

Well, this weekend marks the end of week 6; after next week we will be halfway already! Time is just flying by. It is kind of funny that when we left, both Petra and I thought we would be gone for 90 days and didn’t realize until we were on our way that we are really gone for 100 days. Neither of us have enough Malaria Pills. Perfect. Cross your fingers that we come home healthy!!