Deathbed

Sorry I've been away for a while. I got amazingly sick last Thursday while visiting a volunteer for her birthday and ended up in the hospital for the week. Fear not, I think I am finally recovering and hope to be back to 100% momentarily. There are not a lot of positives to write about being sick here, so I will just say that the Dr. I saw here was super nice and I'm not dead. The end.
I came to Ouaga yesterday because FESPACO - not sure what it stands for but it is the largest African film festival which is held in Ouaga every other year - is taking place this week. I came in to watch a couple of films on my way up to training back in my host family's city starting Sunday! I am not sure I have to say how super duper happy I am to be going to see my host family again. Love them. I saw Blood Diamond (realtively new movie about the diamond industry in Sierra Leone) today - in French so, needless to say, I didn't understand every word, but I got the message. Man, it's going to be good when I get fluent in this language:) After a week up in my host family's city I will come back to Ouaga for a week, followed by a week in one of my neighboring volunteer's villages, followed by a week back in Bobo, followed by U.S.A.!!!!!!!!!!!!!! woooohoooooo!!! 30 days and 30 nights.