I was exhausted
Well ten days now with no water. I am beginning to lose faith that I will ever see running water again…
Today I was awoken at 5am by my phone. It was Ian calling from DC. I was really pleased to talk to him. He updated me on what was going on with him and DC. When I informed him that I still had no running water he informed me that the house had just passed a clean water bill that helps third world countries develop clean drinking water systems. Haha. He joked that he would tell Earl that he has a friend in Ghana without water. So maybe I will get some congressional on my running water problem. It was good to talk to Ian especially since I hadn't been able to for over a month.
Today was the worst day, and really the only bad day I have had in Ghana so far. I think that the main reason for this was my lack of sleep. Because I was tired I let things get to me that I shouldn't have.
We went to cape coast for the funeral of a woman who was the grandmother of a boy that Charles had taken care of for a while. I was just not in the mood to go to a big funeral for someone that I had no connection at all to. I was tired and traditionally at funerals in Ghana they blast gospel music which was giving me a headache. We went to the boy's mothers house and gathered with other friends of the family. A woman named Cecilia attached herself to me. She was probably about 65 or so. While we were eating lunch, before I had a chance to say anything or stop her she grabbed my piece of chicken and stripped the meat off the bone for me with her bare hands. It was a little humorous. She asked if I or white men chewed on the bones of our meat. I told her not really. She said that black people (Ghanaians) "we are like the dogs, we chew on the bones". I couldn't help but break out in laughter. While a comment like this in the US would be taking as an extremely racist remark, here it wasn't meant to have any racial connotation.
After spending what felt like forever there we finally left. I am sure that if I would have had more sleep I wouldn't have felt like this and I felt a little bad for being in a poor mood. We were supposed to stop at the ATM in cape coast but we headed out of town. I think Charles must have forgot and I didn't want to turn around and go back so I didn't mention anything. On the ride back we got some bread to eat in the car. It was very interesting. It tasted almost like a roasted marshmellow.
When we got back to Amonfru I asked Charles to take me back to the hotel because I was exhausted. So I came back to my room, watched some national geographic type of show about desert animals on tv for about 45 minutes and then at 6:30 I turned off the light and went to bed.
Side note: the other day when I went to the internet café I saw a story on an Oregon blog that showed the current war chests of those who are going to run for governor in 06. Interestingly enough Saxton is in the lead with 472K followed by Ted with 413k and in third place, Kevin Mannix with 275k. wow. Very interesting. I like Saxton and if he wins the primary against Mannix then Kulongoski should be very worried!
Today I was awoken at 5am by my phone. It was Ian calling from DC. I was really pleased to talk to him. He updated me on what was going on with him and DC. When I informed him that I still had no running water he informed me that the house had just passed a clean water bill that helps third world countries develop clean drinking water systems. Haha. He joked that he would tell Earl that he has a friend in Ghana without water. So maybe I will get some congressional on my running water problem. It was good to talk to Ian especially since I hadn't been able to for over a month.
Today was the worst day, and really the only bad day I have had in Ghana so far. I think that the main reason for this was my lack of sleep. Because I was tired I let things get to me that I shouldn't have.
We went to cape coast for the funeral of a woman who was the grandmother of a boy that Charles had taken care of for a while. I was just not in the mood to go to a big funeral for someone that I had no connection at all to. I was tired and traditionally at funerals in Ghana they blast gospel music which was giving me a headache. We went to the boy's mothers house and gathered with other friends of the family. A woman named Cecilia attached herself to me. She was probably about 65 or so. While we were eating lunch, before I had a chance to say anything or stop her she grabbed my piece of chicken and stripped the meat off the bone for me with her bare hands. It was a little humorous. She asked if I or white men chewed on the bones of our meat. I told her not really. She said that black people (Ghanaians) "we are like the dogs, we chew on the bones". I couldn't help but break out in laughter. While a comment like this in the US would be taking as an extremely racist remark, here it wasn't meant to have any racial connotation.
After spending what felt like forever there we finally left. I am sure that if I would have had more sleep I wouldn't have felt like this and I felt a little bad for being in a poor mood. We were supposed to stop at the ATM in cape coast but we headed out of town. I think Charles must have forgot and I didn't want to turn around and go back so I didn't mention anything. On the ride back we got some bread to eat in the car. It was very interesting. It tasted almost like a roasted marshmellow.
When we got back to Amonfru I asked Charles to take me back to the hotel because I was exhausted. So I came back to my room, watched some national geographic type of show about desert animals on tv for about 45 minutes and then at 6:30 I turned off the light and went to bed.
Side note: the other day when I went to the internet café I saw a story on an Oregon blog that showed the current war chests of those who are going to run for governor in 06. Interestingly enough Saxton is in the lead with 472K followed by Ted with 413k and in third place, Kevin Mannix with 275k. wow. Very interesting. I like Saxton and if he wins the primary against Mannix then Kulongoski should be very worried!
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