FRIDAY

Damn you Wizzy!! He works in the office and I know I’m not alone when I think that he needs a good talking to. Though last night was well worth the fun me and a lot of us felt like garbage all day. All the business women including Jorden and Carla went to the Volta region today for the rest of the weekend. They leave right when we get to the office. I have to say I was glad they went before us because we can now find out how it went so when we plan our trip we know how to travel there and where we should or shouldn’t visit.

I snapped at Hilary for typing so much; “ you writing a novel over there or what?” I’m so out of line and embarrused I excuse myself to the hallway and work by myself for awhile. I defiantly needed a time out. I apologize to her when I return and she understands even though she should think that’s I’m crazy. I talked to jenny real quick in the morning which was short but sweet. It was so nice to see her face and we plan to skype this weekend when shes together with mum and dad. After skyping I sit with Katie and Sarah in the airconditioned office which was really nice.

Got bread to eat. Chocolate crackers and some veggie crackers. Later on I tried some sweet potatoes with a hot pepper sauce. They were ten pesewa each so we got a cedi worth to share between us. Later I got to skype with James. I think the internet is better from the cool air in the computer room. The picture was clear; we didn’t really chat that much since I had to work a lot but I left the skype up so it was like we were just hanging out. That made my day!!

The whole time at the office we worked on getting stamp stencils finished. All of our stamp ideas that were given the ok to sample from the US. First we had to correct all of them in illustrator; make them to size; change to pdf then transferred them to Wizzy’s computer which is hooked up to the printer. We then had to print them out and cover them front and back with tape. This makes the paper more durable; make shift laminate. The next step was to cut out with an exacto knife. When their all ready we can use them as stencils and draw onto the latex foam and cut them out to make the relief. Then we give them to the batikers with instructions on how to print them. Sloppy, half drop and full drop are the technical terms that we learn from Judy.

Today we left work later than usual. We had to help again with another order that was due this weekend. Mostly folding and placing in bags. Some Notre Dame students came in looking for Kelly so we stayed to chat with them for awhile. They said they were in town for the weekend and we gave them some names of places that would be cool to visit. We also told them we would meet them up or look for them at the Peace Rally that we were planning to go to on Saturday.

Back in Elmina finally. We head to Eli’s for dinner. It’s nice that we’re only a small group. I ordered a salad today and it defiantly hit the spot!!
I’m really craving a movie night; popcorn, diet fountain pop and chocolate covered cashews, I don’t care what the movie is… you pick!