For those back in the states wondering what my day is like, I hope you’re ready to be amazed.
- Every morning, if I don’t automatically wake up at 5 am, I’d be out of bed by 6:30. The morning bucket bath takes about 15 minutes, 10 if it’s a cold morning. If you know me at all, you’d know that I am not officially awake until at least 11am in the morning, even when I had the 9 to 5 job. Now I leave the house by 7:30 to walk to class. The last time this was a routine, I was 10 and in another developing world.
- ‘Class’ starts at 8 am and I’m hungry by 10. 11 is ‘independent study’ time but I spend that time running home for food and if I’m lucky, I could squeeze in a little nap before 1, but that almost never happens (due to various reasons, i.e: shooting the shit with the other volunteers, nosy screaming little children ect)
- It is debatable, but I still think that my language instructor is the best one of the bunch since he always let us have the afternoon off and or at least, chill out and study on our own.
- Technical training would start around 3 and continue for two of the longest hours of the day.
- 5 pm slowly crawls up and that’s the end of the day. Then we would have about 2 hours before it gets dark and that’s a day for the village. During the first couple of weeks, I would just fall asleep by 7 because it gets so dark outside. Now that my body is adjusting, sleep time gradually moves back to 9ish, any later is pushing it. Remember those days when sleep time was 2am? (Last year…)
- On Sundays I usually 'sleep' in i.e lay in bed for an extra 30 mins before getting up. Then it's laundry time, sweep my room, grooming (shower, wash hair, pluck eyebrows ect... hairs grow fast in Ghana here, bet you wanted to know that) -- all before noon of course.
- By noon time, some/a few/most/all of the Volunteers would head into town to use the internet. It's the only time in the week we get to do so, so everyone goes, and my facebook newsfeed is swamped with updates from them.
I usually type up my blog posts before during the week to upload them online later, but I was lagging last week so now I’m rushing to type this. Sorry again for the lack of pictures. I will try to have them all next week. There will be a water fall :)
