Back in the swing of things
Hey everyone,
Its been a few weeks since I last posted so I thought I would get on that.
I am back in Togo now. After a wonderful almost 4 week stay in the US, visiting my parents on both coasts and some friends, I flew back to Togo on January 9th. I was happy to be coming back because I thought I had all of this work to do. Well really, I don’t. I have been doing very little technical work since I got back. My village is still in the holiday mode since they have national holidays up until now. So no one has buckled down and gotten back to work yet. But things are picking up in the next few weeks. I am mostly playing the waiting game on getting the funding for my clinic project. Then I will have lots of work to be do. So PLEASE DONATE!!! Info in previous post.
My host family and my friends in village were very excited to see me when I got back. They all said I had a glow and that it looked like I had a really good vacation. It was much needed. Everyone really liked the small gifts that I got them. My real mom got my host mom a nice top and when my host mom tried it on she was like, "it’s like she has met me and could see me wearing this." She is so cute.
My family did keep my house well guarded while I was gone. No break ins! Just a lot of dust and bugs. It took a few days to finally clean everything of the layer of dust that covered everything. Harmatton started while I was away, which is the season where strong winds blow down from the Sahara, bringing cooler air but lots of dust. It has been in the 60s most morning with really gusty winds all morning long. It makes it hard to shower in the morning in my outdoor shower since it is so cold and then the wind just makes it that much more intolerable. But at least I have not sweating buckets like the rest of the year. The dust, however, makes everyone sick with sinus problems. Last year I had a really bad sinus infection but this year I have been taking good care of my nose so (knock-on-wood) I have been healthy. In the past week, it has started getting warmer. I am not ready for it to be hot season. And people have been saying that it is going to be hotter than last year. So maybe the 145 degrees is in my future. Oh Boy!
Well that is it for now. Please donate to my project!!!
Hope everyone is going well at home and is enjoying the cold weather! Send some of it my way!
Write or email soon!
Love Always, Alia
Its been a few weeks since I last posted so I thought I would get on that.
I am back in Togo now. After a wonderful almost 4 week stay in the US, visiting my parents on both coasts and some friends, I flew back to Togo on January 9th. I was happy to be coming back because I thought I had all of this work to do. Well really, I don’t. I have been doing very little technical work since I got back. My village is still in the holiday mode since they have national holidays up until now. So no one has buckled down and gotten back to work yet. But things are picking up in the next few weeks. I am mostly playing the waiting game on getting the funding for my clinic project. Then I will have lots of work to be do. So PLEASE DONATE!!! Info in previous post.
My host family and my friends in village were very excited to see me when I got back. They all said I had a glow and that it looked like I had a really good vacation. It was much needed. Everyone really liked the small gifts that I got them. My real mom got my host mom a nice top and when my host mom tried it on she was like, "it’s like she has met me and could see me wearing this." She is so cute.
My family did keep my house well guarded while I was gone. No break ins! Just a lot of dust and bugs. It took a few days to finally clean everything of the layer of dust that covered everything. Harmatton started while I was away, which is the season where strong winds blow down from the Sahara, bringing cooler air but lots of dust. It has been in the 60s most morning with really gusty winds all morning long. It makes it hard to shower in the morning in my outdoor shower since it is so cold and then the wind just makes it that much more intolerable. But at least I have not sweating buckets like the rest of the year. The dust, however, makes everyone sick with sinus problems. Last year I had a really bad sinus infection but this year I have been taking good care of my nose so (knock-on-wood) I have been healthy. In the past week, it has started getting warmer. I am not ready for it to be hot season. And people have been saying that it is going to be hotter than last year. So maybe the 145 degrees is in my future. Oh Boy!
Well that is it for now. Please donate to my project!!!
Hope everyone is going well at home and is enjoying the cold weather! Send some of it my way!
Write or email soon!
Love Always, Alia
posted by Alia at 3:44 AM
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