Back in Ghana, again

Well here I am. Back in Ghana. This is the second time I've returned after a short vacation, but this time I actually went home. For 3 weeks. As crazy as it sounds, I'm happy to be back. Ghana crawls under your skin in weird ways that may take some time getting used to, but inevitably stick with you until the end. I missed it. I did.
With that being said, my first actual day back in country was probably one of the worst travel days I've had in a while... and by while, I definitely mean both from an America standpoint and also Ghana. Yeah so, without dwelling on this too much, in the span of 6 hours I was hassled, touched, marriage material, flat tired, flooded (apparently it rained nonstop since I was gone and all the roads are now rivers), wet, cold (who knew?!), and very very VERY tired. I made it back to site around 6 or 7pm... I can't even remember because I had just traveled for nearly 24 hours and was having a hard time keeping my eyes open... and the power was out. I pretty much dumped my stuff, ate a Cliff bar, and passed out on my musty smelling bed. The next morning I woke up to a big 'ol mess that had become my home in the 3 weeks of my absence. My PC friend Kathryn (who was medically separated back in December) came to visit that afternoon so I cleaned as best I could.
The next few weeks are going to be pretty ridiculous. For one, a bunch of volunteers are at the end of their service. This includes mostly all of my closest neighbors like Stephen and Darren. Many volunteers are having goodbye parties. One volunteer (cough) is even asking me to watch over certain projects of his that are not actually complete. Yeah, this is what I came back to.
In addition to the planning of my GLOW girls camp in August, I will now be taking over for Darren's computer lab. Oh joy of joys. In addition to this, I recently found out Stephen will actually be replaced so I have a new neighbor to look forward to meeting soon.
In addition to the teacher group leaving, a number of individuals in my own group will be leaving early, after our Close of Service (COS) conference. It will be sad to see them go early (this includes Alan and Marian, my two close neighbors) but it is really time. I mean, we all knew it had to end at some point. Also, A&M are getting replaced as well, by another couple. The overlap with these replacements is a very minimal 2 months at best, which is enough to meet them once or twice before I leave. Not much for building friendships on.
I'm hoping to go to Togo/Benin with Sam and Kathryn either before or after our COS conference. Those details need to be figured out sometime soon since we'll not only need to get leave request forms but we'll also need visas, etc etc. I'm pretty excited about having Kathryn back, she used to be one of my closest neighbors (in the central region) but now she'll be up in Wa (Upper west). Luckily my other friend Nicole has asked me to help out with her camp (late August, early September) so I will probably be up that way for one last visit around that time. I also hope to FINALLY make it to the western region beaches and sites at some point soon.
So phew... lots to do, in not a lot of time. 4 months. Can hardly believe it.

PS I finished my Ghana map! Photos to come.