CATCHING UP!

There has been so much I haven't written about so now thinking about a place to start is a huge intimdating blurry mess of things I've experienced and thought so far. One thing I can say is... GHANA IS DIFFERENT THAN THE STATES! In the states u expect people to walk on sidewalks, in Ghana its totally cool for people to walk in the middle of traffic lanes! In the states u expect to find toilet paper at every bathroom, here u can pretty much expect to not have it. In the states u expect to go to classes when they start, here its much more a free for all... for instance I finally figured out where and when my classes were after the 1st week (toatlly normal for students!) and then our 2nd week we found out teachers are on a strike. Iv'e been to one class so far. In the states u expect to see black and grey colors a lot, here it's like walking in a rainbow! In the states u expect boys to try to grind with u if they are strangers trying to dance, here a guy will start dancing with u and grab ur hands and start swinging u around (of course there are always the dirty ones, but we're not counting them right now because they don't deserve to be counted). In the states u expect for people to walk by for the most part with an occasion greeting or wave, here people everywhere try to have conversations with you and want to hang out later or something. At home u can expect to freeze ur ass off, here Ghanians complain when it's 70 degrees. At home u give normal handshakes, here u give a handshake with snap! (very confusing if u don't know abut it coming). At home things are speedy, here everything is chillaxed, people stop to walk you places if u are lost! (Especially nice if ur Caroline Stevens in a foreign country!) At home, udon't hold baby monkeys, here u can!!!!!!!!!!!! (I'm very happy about that one) At home, walking 6 blocks is a lot, here a couple miles is normal! (my destroyed flip-flops are great evidence for that). Even flip-flops are dif here! If u say flip-flops, no one understands; they are called slippers and in essence seen as bum wear. At home, I am the majority, here, I'm one of 10 white girls in a school of 35,000! At home, people pray silently, here people shout like crazies in different tongues that sounds like chanting. SCARY! VERY SCARY when ur walking in the dark past a soccer field full of praying people. Things have really changed here but I really love it! I've made many new friends including my awesome roomate Tiera. I 've been playing at the beach, exploring in rainforests, learning the local language (twi), washing my own laundry, singing in the choir, running away from people trying to church me, doing a fashion show, going to slave castle, bartering, and meeting rastas who smoke weed in public! haha. I've also been practicing b-ball with my girlfriend bonnie or just me and guys. It was kind of scary but now more girls are starting to come; my friend Dominick said because of me and Bonnie. :)!!!!!!! Look at me leading the feminist movement in Ghana! also....i plan to practice more so that I can beast Chris! WHOO! look out ;)