I got a face-lift!

Friday, August 27

Ok, actually I just got my hair braided, but it feels like I got a face-lift! I hadn’t planned on getting my hair done while I was here, but during our drive from Kpong to Accra today I was thinking about all the different hair styles the women here do and on a whim I decided to just do it. I want to have the full African experience and about 95% of women here get their hair done, so off to the salon I went! Once I was there I figured if I was going to get it braided I might as well do a weave (where they add hair to your own) too. And since I was doing the weave I might as well choose a fun color- go big or go home right? So about an hour and a half later I had practically broken out in a sweat over how painful it was, but I now have red cornrows braided in a semi-circular fashion. Pricilla (one of the girls I work with) sat patiently with me during the whole thing and held my head during the braiding to make it hurt less-seriously wonderful! She also took me to pick up a scarf since I was informed that I have to sleep with the scarf wrapped around my hair-I’m getting the full experience! Oh and the best part: it only cost 8 GHc (around $5)!

After grabbing a quick bite to eat, I met up with Naadu to see a movie on campus that was made by some of the previous students in the drama department (I think). While it was really neat that the film was filmed in Accra and the story took place in and around Accra, the movie itself was, well...it was made by students, but it was fun to see it.

I ended up taking two Ibuprofen for my headache before I went to sleep :)