its just a fond farewell to a friend...

Let me be superficial for 45 seconds (out of 9 months ok??)
My mom brought Itunes for me to stock up my Ipod as part of my birthday present. THEY HAVE GREY'S ANATOMY. I bought the second season. ONE EPISODE TAKES 30 HOURS TO DOWNLOAD. I feel like crying.
And then I tried to download pictures of my life in Ghana. Thats not working either.
Okay enough of the bull for a while.
Anyway, its very bizarre to have my parents here. I feel like too much of a tourist. It is much easier to be a volunteer in this country then a tourist. When I'm with my parents I feel like I am exploiting this country. When I'm a volunteer I get paid minimum wage, and work for relatively nothing just to better it.
So I am enjoying the week with them, but its putting me in a bizarre limbo. For one thing, I am starting to miss home because I have part of it here with me. Also, I am beginning to realize how much I have seriously changed and how difficult its going to be when I get back.
Not to mention I am so cynical. Its unbelievable. I should work on that.
Anyway, we went to the Elmina Castle today, a slave trade castle that stands as a testimony to the disgraces of humankind. It was very interesting, but very predictable. The tourists sites in Ghana are lacking, but its not like I was expecting too much.
I am getting in the weirdest mood with my parents around. I feel much more comfortable travelling on my own and with my volunteer friends because I have probably become accustomed to that. It feels alot different to move around with my parents. I have to explain things, and tell my dad to stop taking pictures. When I'm by myself I know where to go, and don't care that I am travelling on disgusting public transportation (not to mention fatal...) I can just go around as I please. My parents are too old to sit in a trotro for 7 hours.
I would kill to know what Meredith Grey is up to right now.
Well maybe not kill, but I would sure as hell wait 3o hours to find out if I could :)
I think I am finally going to figure out my travel time this week! Its so exciting to know that I am going to get to travel the whole rest of the spring. Its a waste to go home. I took a year off of the one thing I have wanted my whole life, so I might as well actually live the life during these 9 months.
And I think I am going to stick with pre-med. My top two now that I have thoroughly sucked my dad of info: Infectious Diseases (Includes AIDS/HIV) or Women's Health (the latter especially in Muslim countries, where women aren't allowed to be examined by male doctors, the only that exist.) These two would give me the most varied, interesting and valuable experience in travel medicine. Not to mention the fact that I can do my residency in a third world country (my dad just happens to know the head of the international medical program at the U of M.)
In other words I wouldn't have to wait 12 years to help people.
hoorah

good and evil matched perfect it's a great romance
i can deal with some physic pain
if it'll slow down my higher brain