Catching up to today

-My internship has me doing some different things now, which is exciting. On Monday I helped distribute food to a group of people living with HIV that AFAWI (my internship) helps. I measured out 4 kgs of soy-fortified bulger wheat from USAID for each person. Also, I got to watch a sexual health educator show them how to put a condom on a big black dildo. Unlike sex-ed teachers in the U.S. who are always very serious, he was waving it around and making terrible terrible jokes. It was kind of scary. I also got to work on this month's newsletter, and I'll be learning how to update/improve the website on Friday. My boss and I also went over my grant proposal and he said it was "brilliant." If we get the money I'm going to be so sad since I have no idea what I'm doing.

-On Monday, my 50-year-old roomate decided to get black-out drunk at 2 in the afternoon. She then proceeded to pass out, wake up, cry, yell, embarass the hell out of us by ordering our security guard to clean the porch, and generally be incoherant. And then repeat most of those steps a few times. I'd say it was exciting except it was terrible and if it ever happens again I swear to god I'm finding a way to get her deported.

-One of my roomates got chased by a man with a stick for a long ways yesterday on the way to his internship. He's not sure why, but the guy was pretty much trying to kill him.

-I've been jogging and working out a lot with some of my roomates, which is pretty fun. Tom removed part of the window to get into a locked room in our house and turned it into his gym. He even found rocks to use as free weights.

-We cooked some Ghanaian/hippie food on Monday and it was delicious. It was kind of like groundnut soup, which is basically peanut butter and tomatoes plus whatever else, but then we made it into a stew with squash, oyster mushrooms, onions, and carrots. We put it over brown rice, and it may have been the most healthy thing I've eaten in years.

-I finally noticed that people had been commenting, and I may even reply. I have a question though - I know a lot of Alex-es, so next time put your last name, mystery Alex. I think I know who the rest of you are though.