SATURDAY

In the morning we decided that we should use up the dyes from our go at batik to tie-dye our white clothes we have. I had two shirts, some linen pants, a tank top. Katie did some shirts and so did Maria. Steve from next door came over and did his bed sheet and secretly tie-died Tom’s Locatose white shirt. We’ll see how mad he gets! When we batik with these chemicals we usually use gloves which we didn’t have; I can understand now why we use those gloves, my hands have never burned that bad before. There is now dry blood underneath some of my nails from the reaction to the chemicals.
After cleaning up the weather wasn’t that great and Katie and I were feeling a bit lazy so instead of heading to the pool with the rest of the gang we stayed at the house and watched movies all day. Sex and the City and What Happens in Vegas. After movies I layed down in my bed with yet again another new book. The Middlesex was just too hard to get into. I grabbed some Steven King book to read off the shelf; I figured that I’ve never read his books before and why not give one a go. I read for a bit till I fell asleep.

When I woke up everyone was back at the house and getting ready to go out. Tonight was the last night for the Elmina Festival so we were planning to meet up with are local Ghanaian family’s and head to Shell for the party. Judy from next door with all of her family came along with Eli, Nie and Richard along with Eli’s brother inlaw. Wizzy and Amos from the Global Mama’s office also came along with us. The night was a lot of fun; I think the best part was watching Carla and Amos dance all night long.

Cravings today …. My bed back home, this latex foam mattress just is not comfortable.