I looked down at my arm today to find a redish-whitish patch of grossness. Apparently, when I was sitting on my balcony last night I was attacked by the poison bug! Grrr. And now it's just there, on my arm and I can't stop thinking about it. I can't touch it, that would only make it worse. But I want to. It's like when you're little and your mom tells you not to touch the stove because you'll burn yourself but you just have to...
In other news I had 4 ridiculous encounters today on my way to, at, and on my way back from Circle. I swear, that is the sketchiest area in all of Ghana. Nowhere else am I harassed as much! So most of these conversations were conducted in Twi (which I am quite proud of, thankyouverymuch.) but I still managed to get one marriage proposal, three asked for my number, one gave me an email address and one asked me what's the difference between a sausage and a hot dog... (He actually seemed genuinely interested in learning about the US... I had to explain to him how many states there are and that the number of stars on the flag correspond to the number of states...)
I am seriously not going to miss getting hounded every time I go out. That's for sure.
In other news, in case you weren't aware... It's DECEMBER. I find this highly odd as I am currently sweating buckets and will do anything to find a room with air conditioning. This is not normal December behavior. But, the mall is Christmasly decorated, so who am I to argue? In fact, to emphasize just how summery I feel right now, I'm going to the beach. Yep, it's back to Green Turtle for me and I am SO excited. 3 days of fun in the sun and delicious drinks and hammocks and all around perfectness. SO EXCITED.
And then - ELECTION TIME. I'm really, really, really hoping that everything goes smoothly. But just in case, we're all going to be in Accra during the elections. Keep your eyes peeled and your tv's on CNN on Sunday and we'll see what happens!
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