Glorious Tamale!

Hello again!
I am once again in Tamale for the weekend!! This weekend we are staying with Julie, the American woman who hired us and her house is NICE! Not only is it air conditioned, it is also bug-free and full of cold drinks, television, and all the other amenities we lack in Tunayili.
I wanted to also acknowledge the lack of photographs on here. Early in the trip, we tried to upload photos and they were all deleted, so we are afraid to try again.
We have been having a great time! In Tunayili, we have just finished a week long funeral for the chief who died seven years ago. Lots of dancing and partying all night and day, crazy fun. It was amazing to see all the people out in their fabric dancing; it reminded me of a stereotypical depiction of what Africa is.
We didn’t teach on Thursday because we had to take a little boy, my favorite little boy, Abukari Mumin, to the health clinic in the next town because he fell and cut his head on a nail. It’s a small cut, but there isn’t much in the way of hygienic anything here. After he saw the nurse, we got some yams and delicious bombara beans for breakfast before catching a ride home just in time for lunch. Thursday afternoon and evening, we spent at the funeral with Shawn and Mike (from the Peace Corps, PS-I’m really glad I didn’t do the Peace Corps). Today is Independence Day, 6 March, so we had no school again and are excited to be in Tamale.
In Tunayili, we are getting very settled and have a good routine down. We get up with the son, between 6 and 6:30, eat banku with spicy tomato or groundnut soup from the community, go to school, do penmanship with the 3rd and 4th grade, another exercise, and then physical education (I referee football!), break for ten minutes, teach 5th and 6th grade, have lunch, do washing/read/any other errands in the shade, make and eat a snack around 3 (this usually consists of eggs, pasta, or crackers, with veggies if we have any and canned hummus) walk or play with the kids around 4-5, dinner with the teachers (which I normally dislike and is usually incredibly fishy and salty), shower, and are in bed around 7:30.
We sleep an incredible amount here. The sun takes everything out of us! Last week it was 117 most days, but this week has been a cool 106!
So here we are in Julie’s house, relaxing in the AC and having a great time.
Miss you!