I do not know if I was ready as I thought I was when I got back to Tamale. Maybe I was living on the love of Accra friends wanting me to stay or burger places that taste like burgers. Maybe I was being nostalgic when talking with friends I used to work with or feeling like a proud auntie at another friend's baby. Whatever it was, I did not settle in well.
Maybe it started with my to-do list not doing! It takes so long for things to get done. For example, I want to put Damary's air conditioner in my room. I called the ac guy. No answer. I called him the next day and left a whataspp message and text. No response. So, I found a number of a new guy. I call him and he says ok. I told him I need to buy a voltage stabilizer because our power is so all over the place. (That is another complaint.) He tells me a kind I should buy. I went to town looking for it. I found others but he said they are not good. So, I ask him to look for it. He does not call me the next day, i call him. He can't find it either but tells me he will find other people to find it. (Sigh) On Saturday, he calls me and tells me where it is but I was having our team meeting at my house and cooking Thanksgiving dinner so I could not get it. And, now, it is a week later.... I would tell you another to-do-list-taking-forever-thing but I think you will get your fill of complaints in this post. Sorry!
It has been really hot. The weather has just switched over to the dry Harmattan season, which I love but in this switching process I had headaches everyday. Weird. I don't remember that in previous years. Also, another weird-- I have had a hard time falling asleep at night. No, I do not take naps or drink caffeine. Hmmm...maybe it has just been too hot. But with Harmattan coming in the nights will be cooler.
Since I was not sleeping well and things were not getting accomplished and several power outages, I was not doing my quiet times. Talk about a game changer (in a bad way)! Wooo-weeee, it was one of those thank-God-I'm-single-so-noone-has-to-be-in-the-wake-of-my-wrath sort of weeks.
Even on Thanksgiving, I really tried to be thankful and went over all my good things but my heart was not in it. I did it anyways. God is good whether I feel like it or not.
I hosted our team meeting and cooked a Thanksgiving feast. I was the only Westerner. I had to explain what stuffing was and where to put the cranberries :). It was a nice time. And another bonus for being single: you don't have to share leftovers! Haha! I guess I am thankful for something.
Ok, but I am already psyching myself to get back on track-- Jesus track, Dagbani track, and thankfulness track.
Keep on praying. Love you.
P.S. DooShik asked/told me I need to do my Level 3 evaluation this month. I shrugged my shoulders and said ok. Not because I will pass but because it will help me figure out where I am and how I can improve. I am soooooo done with Dagbani!! Ahhhh!