One Sweet World...

October 23rd, 2006
I am the worst blogger known to man kid. Sorry about that kids, but tough luck, I've got better things to do. Too bad I forgot the last time I blogged so I will just write whatever I feel like.
We went to a Kente Cloth (the traditional weaving of silk string into quilts etc...) village, Bonwire, last weekend and it was cool, except for the fact that we were seriously harassed by locals. I have never been rude here, but I started to that weekend. This whole obruni thing is really starting to get to me, I seriously am just getting to the point where I ignore people who try to talk to me on the street. Not the most conductive way to make friends I suppose, but what can ya do?
Anyway, more importantly we went to the Volta Region this whole past week and it was really cool. The west part of Ghana is pretty dry, and I live close to a big city so its decently "developed." Ho (the city which we went to) was crazy green and beautiful. It was Sanna's birthday so we went out to a restaurant and had a nice evening.
The next day we went up North a little further to Leklabi and saw the Afalo water fall. According to Toon, waterfalls are classified into A,B, and C categories according to the development of their trails and accessibility. A being the easiest and C being the most difficult. Funny that this was a C waterfall and because my Chacos were stolen by a dog is Wia, I only had my flip flops.
So I went barefoot.
Ha! What a terrible idea that was. Even though the hike half ruined the waterfall (also the fact that the feeling that it was my personal doomsday (haha Eli)) it was really beautiful. The next day we went to Wli waterfall, the biggest in West Africa and it was amazing. Even though you couldn't swim because it was so powerful it hurt, and Eli's camera was stolen by a Gollum look alike who was eating a snake w/ its head chopped off that he had caught, it was still a worthwhile trip (our tour guide found the camera too:))
So we got back today after a 7 hour trotro ride, which couldn't even compare to the 207 ride we had on the way down.
I have been feeling a bit homesick lately which I am actually happy about. I actually thought I would never want to go back, but now when I think about things I am rarely scrutinizing anything. I just miss it. And I just feel positive when I reflect back on what I, at one point, wasn't sure if I wanted anything to do with anymore. I'm not going to be stupid enough to let my feeling about home ruin this trip.
My longing for eggs benedict might though.
As I read about everyone's lives back at home, I can just feel the distance between me and them growing with every minute I am here. It worries me because I remember Mike once said "I am so excited because when we come home we will all be so close, nothing will matter." I am scared I am going to change so much that I won't even be able to relate to anyone anymore.
My daily stresses can't even relate to homework or papers or relationships. Not to say I'm being challenged more, but just in a different way. Which means I am growing in a different way.
I can feel that I'm different. I've never been aware of such a strong change within myself.
Also, I can feel myself restless with the idea of medschool for 15 YEARS. Eli and I talk about it all the time. I am beginning to get the feeling that I would be so much better in an administrative and political position in international affairs. I want so badly to touch people and help where its needed, but I'm starting to think that while I'm off at school basically throwing money at the universities, I could be travelling and doing more.
Travelling. Thats all I want now. I just want to see as much as the world as I can, and absorb it. I always knew there was more to life then MN, but I have never felt so compelled to find it as now. Okay I'll leave this for now. Love and miss everyone.