Family Visits

I am sorry that it has been so long since I have written but I have been super busy with my family being in.

Having my parents and Lizz (a friend of mine for those of you who don't know) was good but very hard at the same time. I thought that it was going to be a really nice break and showering all the time combined with good quality time. Don't get me wrong there was showering and good quality time spent but a lot of hard things as well.

The jump between my routine and hotel life was very difficult.

The temperature changes to their toll on me- from air conditioning to 105 degree heat it made me feel a little sick.

Finally having a clean body but having to put on my same dirty clothes.

Finally getting western food but feeling sick after each meal because my stomach was not used to the change yet.

Having a nice bed to sleep in but still having the same cockroach dreams.

Being with my parents and Lizz but being in Ghana where I had a life that was put on hold.

It was also the first time I was taking a block of time off from the kids, they weren't too happy. I planned on taking Tuesday-Sunday off but ended up going in Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sat. It was too hard to be away from them....can't wait to come home!! :) haha I will be ok after a little bit

We planned on traveling a lot but ended up spending most of our time in Accra and Kokrobite (a beach 45 minutes outside of the city). Traveling was just too much for me. I will travel eventually but I felt overwhelmed by the idea of going all the way out to Cape Coast by tro tro with my parents.

Other random things I got to do while my parents were here:

souvenir shop
wash my clothes in the bathtub of the hotel
show off my tan to some pale obrunis
take a taxi most places (the tro tro's were hard to take with 4 people)
ride a horse down the beach
watch baseball at Champs (a local sports bar)
make a college decision----Northeastern University in Boston

There was a lot of card playing and a lot of winning (on my part). There was a lot of swimming in the pool and laughing. It was great to have my family out here. Today I am feeling more homesick than I have since I got here but I was expecting it. I had an empty house to go home to since my roommates were traveling. I am about to go to a football match to get out and about but I will write again soon. I am a little tired seeing as I have been up since 5am. Love you guys,