I had a great last couple of days in Ouaga. On Thursday I got together with Jason to work on our presentation for The Gambia. We worked together the morning and then we out to lunch together. It was fun and we got it all done. I called Issaka because he had told me to come by while we were both in Ouaga and I wanted to spend time with him before leaving for the conference. I headed over to his house. I got there and greeted all of his family. I'd missed them. We sat around listening to music and watching t.v. We had dinner and then watched the Italy v.s. Germany soccer game. I was rooting for Italy, Issaka was for Germany (he thinks that I decided to support Italy just because he wanted Germany to win, really though I just think Italy plays better). I fell asleep during the second half because I was so tired and my arm was hurting. Issaka told me to go to sleep but it was only 2100 so I knew it was too early. We watched t.v. some more and I fell asleep again so then it was really time to go to bed. He wakes up at the crack of dawn to pray (he's Muslim) and I slept in til 0630. I showered and we ate rice for breakfast. Around 0800 we went over to the corner boutique to hang out with Alain and his other friends. I love those guys. They always make me feel like part of the guys. They were all chatting in Moore so I felt dumb just sitting there not saying anything. Alain understood my awkwardness because he said he feels the same way when people speak in different languages around him. I was trying to get back to work so I told Issaka that I was ready to go. Before I went we went over to Rosalie's house so that I say hi to her and her family. I love Rosalie and her family. I love spending the night at their house. There was a new baby there, a little boy. I went in to pick him up and Issaka was like "Who picked that baby up for you? I didn't know that you knew how to pick up babies!"...Dumb. As if because I'm American, 23 and unmarried doesn't make me unable to pick up children. He just laughed and we went off to visit his brother. His brother was super cool, it was the first time that I met him. Then I got in a taxi and said bye to Issaka. 

My babies!

I headed back to the bureau to get some stuff down and Ishmael called me. He told me that my babies (the kids of our friends; twin boys and a girl) were moving to Cote d'Ivoire. So he suggested that we go by and see them since I'm gonna be gone when they leave. He picked me up and we went out to lunch, then did some work for his mom, visited his family, and then we went to see the kids. I love visiting those kids, they all give me hugs and kisses and call me "ta-ta." They talk so much and run around and we play games and we took a lot of pictures. It was so much fun, I'm going to miss them. After that we went out to dinner and Ishmael's friend met up with us for a beer. After that I was so exhausted and had to get my stuff ready for the conference. So I went home. The day was amazing. When I got back to bureau I got to skype with my mom and with Brandon so I was really happy. That was the perfect ending to a great day.