Don't poke out any eyes with your new BB guns

Merry Christmas! I'm definately feeling the December/Holiday spirit. The other day I ate a watermelon and then drank raspberry lemonade. Then I got a package from my mom and I gave candy canes to all my neighbors- they were very confused about what they were. I explained it was candy in the shape of a cane and that you suck on it or bite it- as you choose. And my neighbors all said 'eh! Those white people are forte, making candy look like things...' And then I gave out some holiday stickers and colored some Christmas themed tableaus with little kids and they loved me forever for it, I'm sure.

Then I abruptly left for my Christmas vacation, really only telling one family where I was going and when I'd be back. But now I"m on vacation! I went to visit my friend Dani at her site and we went on bike rides and star gazed and I got to see what life would be like without electricity (basically the same but I'd go to bed around 8 pm). I also learned how to make a delicious cabbage and peanut sauce dish. Now we are in Bobo, another big city waiting to eat a lot of food tomorrow and then going to Mali on Monday.

Very exciting stuff. There was a slight hitch in the plans, in that I forgot my passport at my house. After briefly contemplating passport fraud and smuggling, I felt it was safer if I just had my neighbors break into my house and get my passport for me. So after the help of several wonderful people who will each be rewarded accordingly for their bravery and hassle, my passport will arrive in my hands tomorrow like a lil' Christmas miracle!

I hope you all have lovely Christmases and New Years. I will. In exoitic places. See you all in 2012, the year when I'll return to America. Look forward to neat pictures.

Also, don't forget about my project! We only need $600 more dollars! It's so close and I'll be incredibly sad if I doesn't go through. Do it for Christmas or New Years. Don't wait till next year. Donate and feel warm and gooey inside.