people are leaving

this week we have four departures, all females, from our obruni haus group, leaving us a little smaller and a little less feminine. anne left on tuesday, jess left last night, candice leaves on saturday and kristen leaves on sunday. im starting to dislike the airport bar quite a bit. its become a ritual that we take people to the airport and sit at the airport bar while they check in, then they come join us for a final beer before departing. its a sad ritual.

new people are constantly moving in, but they just don't fill the gaps left by the old people. thankfully after this weekends departures, im the next one to leave on the 27th august. to avoid the airport ritual, we will say goodbye to candice and kristin tonight and then the rest of us, joined by simon will go to the beach for the weekend. it will be nice to get out of accra. when i get back on sunday im supposed to go to Nana's house for a goodbye dinner because she is going out of town for the rest of my time in ghana.

ive only got one week left of work. then late next week timo, kris, mark and I are going on a weeklong trip up north to see more of the country. northern ghana is supposedly a lot more arid, poorer, and way more muslim so it should give us some new experiences. im pretty psyched.

then i get back to accra in time to leave on the 27th. i get back to ottawa on the 28th, spend a few frantic days getting ready for school and seeing people in ottawa before heading back to wolfville. ross are we driving?

ill try and write a few more entries before i go traveling. then i think thats it for the blog. adios