Or what I'm up to. In brief.
I had another bout of sickness in the last week or so. A little malaria and then a little typhoid. Minor cases of both.
School's back! Every morning the office is crowded with a bunch of new or continuing sponsorship applicants. Girls, mothers, brothers, younger and older siblings. We've had more postsecondary applications than we can handle, but we're doing what we can. I'm not directly involved in this, except that every time someone gets accepted I line them up against a wall and take a photo for the database. I've learned how to say 'smile' in Dagbani - it's 'lama'. They laugh because either 1) They're surprised or 2) I'm mangling the pronunciation. Either way, I owe Mcluhan a beer.
A few lizards moved into the house with me. They shit on the floor and I clean it up. I chased one around with a broomhandle yesterday. Got him in the head. Ex-lizard. Then I had to clean up the blood, which wasn't much fun. He's rotting in my front yard right now, the little bastard.
Looking at a few options for when my contract's up. Hafiz is possibly going to get funding to make a film, which I could help with. Getting to know some of his friends who are local filmmakers, which is... nifty. There's also a local development newspaper I might see if I can help out with. We'll have to see.
