Orange Lightning

After much debate I have finally gotten a bike. I thought that I'd have to buy one in Tamale in order to get one that would meet my needs. Most of the bikes that are up here in the North are old fashion road bikes. They typically single speed with thin tires. Which would be fine for riding through the streets, however my four communities are all a few Km away on dirt trails. And my biggest fear at the moment is for this poor bike's life. So while walking to the market on Friday my eye catches this orange bike and low and behold it has 3 speeds! So, lets see how long Orange Lightning is going to last. The guy I bought it from gave me a basket for the front and put on new tire tubes, which was very nice of him. However my back tire is already flat after just sitting outside my door for a day...so...we'll have to go have another chat.

JB and I ran into a fun lapse of communication also on Friday. We talked to Hasa, our local Home Depot man, this past Monday and ordered 2 sets of shelves/bookcases. We got a great deal, essentially only paying for the cost of the wood and a little bit for labor. Each was suppose to have 3 shelves and be about 3 feet long. So on friday when we went to go pick up these shelves, we discovered that they just made us six shelves to hang on our walls. One main problem, our walls are concrete. So after some debate and confusion, Hasa will come to our place and supposedly drill the concrete for 3 of the shelves, but we're having him actually put sides on the other 3 shelves to make a book case. Although a little confusing at first, everything is working out. So far all of our communication barriers have been easily solved and very good natured. Our little home is getting more cozy every day!