Oh my god, its a wild boar...

I haven't blogged in almost 2 weeks so I should have something to write about, but I don't. So I'll just start where I left off...
After painting for another long, long week I took the weekend off to go to Cape Coast. Cape Coast isn't too interesting, a little too expensive because its a tourist place. I saw the castle there and all that. It was the administrative headquarters for the West African Slave Trade...Eli and I were talking about how after 10 years of these things you become numb to it.
Then Toon, Eli and I went to Accra to hang out, and we went to Osu, the Western area in Ghana. We went to a HUGE supermarket, and I didn't realize how much this trip has affected me. I was so exhausted by the time we got to the second floor. Just seeing all of the materialistic bullshit that exists in the world in such a small contained area made me almost feel nauseous.
Anyway, after returning back to Kumasi we went to the market which was unbelievably crazy. I have never felt so overwhelmed in my life, well maybe not. But people were grabbing and screaming and I was near passing out when I finally got to the trotro to Wiamoase. When I did get there my lymphnode was the size of a golf ball. Hoorah.
So for the past couple days I have been unbelievably tired, and trying to get a mono test, which doesn't exist in Africa. So I got a malaria test anyway because if you have a fever you should "always" get a malaria test.
So now I'm at Toon's place, which is really nice.
The other day I finally realized how little time I have left here, almost 6 weeks. I am so excited to go home, but when I think about leaving it makes me feel...really, really sad. When I think about leaving Mary, Samuel, everyone at the clinic, all the volunteers, Eli...especially Eli I start to feel really empty. I can't possibly imagine leaving. I suppose I couldn't imagine leaving home either, so I guess at the end of the day I will be okay.
Before I came I thought I wasn't good with change, but somehow I managed.
So I'll manage when I come home.

Eli says Happy Hannukah to A Nahum and J Holloway.