So, just wanted to assure everyone that i'm not dead in africa since it's been a while since i've posted and it's even been a week since i've been on facebook! a record for me yo. everything is absolutely amazing here. i've kind of found my groove and feel really at home here. i go and work at good shepherd in the mornings and basically just grade 6th graders papers and listen to the longest stories EVER from Ayuba, my new favorite person in Ghana. He's the teacher there and is basically the only teacher who doesn't cane the kids! he's really nice and everyone basically calls him my boyfriend around here. today he bought me a huge bag of candy and sheep meat from the side of the road. so romantic...
The group has been amazing, especially for my birthday today. i'm apparently getting cereal later which i'm pretty excited about. everyone is most likely expecting me to cry when i have it, i'm sure. vinolia made us this pasta salad this morning which is my favorite breakfast even if it's completely not breakfast food. i think i've had more to eat today than i have the whole trip actually.
I don't think i mentioned the trip to the beach we took a few weeks ago but i wanted to write a little bit about it. We went on the longest tro tro ride (about 5 hours) to Busua, but stayed at the Hideout lodge in Butre which is close but apparently not close enough to get a cheap taxi to (we paid 8 cedi, not cool). the beach was amazing though. on sunday it rained and it was actually cold, a cold i was not prepared for so i wrapped up in the sheet they gave me for the mattress i slept on (on the floor since it was a 4 bed tree house and 5 of us went. yeah i basically slept in sand). I learned how to play the african drums while watching the rain pour down on the beach. it was amazing.
So at this point there's 8 of us in the house. one of the guys left today since he broke his pinky toe in a soccer game between the schools last week. he's been hobbling around with the shower rod as his crutch for the past couple of days. A bunch of people will leave this weekend too (more tears to come of course) but we're trying to take a day trip to cape coast, possibly friday, then a trip to the beach saturday before they leave. at this point, i'll be the last person to go; ashley, my roomie leaves the same day i do but in the morning, but everyone else leaves before us. we hear there might be more people coming though.
my school stuff seems to be straightened out so i'm basically worry free, except of course i need a job when i come back. Ayuba, who seriously has magical powers, assures me i'll find something though. he says it is for sure. my favorite saying of his is "it's not easy." it seems everything in africa isn't easy lol.
i want to say so much more but i'd be here forever and, while an hour is only 70 peswas, i really don't want to spend the rest of my day in a hot internet cafe lol! the weather is amazing btw, it's basically their cold season since it's rainy. i've seen people in sweaters and coats, it's nuts. sometimes i feel a bit chilly too though. mosquito bites aren't as bad too!
alright i'm done for now! i'll try to write another soon, but really, i kind of like the isolation from the internet. best birthday ever though :)
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