Februrary 23rd

I'm just writing this on the fly right now, but it's not that big of a deal because I haven't had any huge adventures this past week.

Last Thursday I went and picked up a package from my parents. I had to take a journey on a tro to get it but a Ghanaian friend of mine, Martin, went with me because he wanted to look for something while we were out. It's nice to get packages even though it's such an excursion. Thursday night I went to Ryan's Irish Pub with some of my friends. You can almost forget that you're in Ghana in that place...

On Saturday I went to Osu (a district in Accra) with Emily to hang out and shop. That night we were going to go see The Vagina Monologues at the National Theatre but on the way Emily lost her wallet so we didn't go. We were going to take Martin which would have been interesting. It'd be fun to take an American guy let alone a Ghanaian guy. Everyone was pretty surprised to begin with that The Vagina Monologues was playing because of how conservative Ghana is. From what I heard from some people that went, they cut out some of the more sensitive parts. I didn't end up really doing anything Saturday night.

So... that's about all that has been happening in the past week. Yesterday I got a smaller package of books from my parents. Luckily, the smaller ones get delivered straight to the program office. Today, I went and picked up a package of books from Ginny too. :) I really appreciate it, Mom and Ginny! The books all sound really interesting and a bunch of people I've talked to are jealous of my new books and will probably borrow some. Everyone has been scouring for new books but they're definitely sparse. I went in the University book store today and the most appealing novels I saw were either Star Trek or L. Ron Hubbard's Scientology. I just finished On the Road this afternoon so I think I'll start Confessions of a Shopaholic tonight.

Classes have been picking up a little. I've gotten most of the readings for my classes so I'll have to start doing that. My poor friends at home are having midterms right now... I've also been occupying my time watching Lost with Emily but I find the show just "eh."

I still need to make reservations, but I think Emily, Jon (a guy in our program), and I are going to go to Green Turtle this weekend. It's a little resort that also supports turtle conservation in the area. That's about all I got... I'm trying to upload the rest of my pictures from Mole National Park and the Hippo Sanctuary so look out for those!