A quick plus/minus

+ TGIF! Four day weekend...
- Not seeing a baby born on a tro-tro
+ Discovering delicious and REAL coffee at Max Mart (a little expat grocery store/cafe)
+ Drinking said coffee slowly and relishing it.
+ Also having a delicious samosa and falafel sandwich at said cafe
+ Walking with Annie from the US embassy in Accra to our dorm. Googlemap it. It's over 10 km. But it was so much fun.
- Getting hurt on that walk and bleeding all over my flip flop. I really need to learn how to walk.
- Buying cookie mix and then realizing we don't have an oven to cook them in.
++ Making said cookie dough and eating it all raw.
- Actual assignments and reading for classes
+ Four day weekends.
+ Seeing the Sex and the City movie in our own private "living room" in Accra.
+ Making my own ratatouille and pasta in my dorm
- Smelling like garlic for days
+ Reading about cults for a class. I love cults. I wish I could study cults for my job. I might go to grad school for psychology and just do that.
+ Hot bucket bath showers

So I think we're on the positive side for now...
In other news, Northwest Airlines cancelled their direct route from Amsterdam to Hartford. So they rebooked my flight without talking to me. Which means I have two layovers instead of 1. Which sucks. I have to go from Accra to Amsterdam, Amsterdam to Detroit, then Detroit to Hartford. Boooooo.