Lost and...

I am now at camp, pre-camp is like job training...except you live there in the woods and everyone is a young woman and a bunch of them are british
basically
anyways
outside of the gloriously wifi-enabled staff house I saw a sign
lost and found
this is far too optimistic a title
"lost and forgotten"
seems more appropriate
realism, this is what I bring to the table
on another note
I am basically channeling Buffy
yesterday I stabbed a tick with a thumbtack
and today I have squished at least six mosquitoes
just saying

an old friend

I am becoming reaquainted with an old friend
marathoning random tv series to avoid life
whether it be problems with friends or family or work
also known as my high school life
or now, the fact that every time I'm home I'm packing
nothing takes my mind off of it like television
specifically, arrested development
this time
house, scrubs, torchwood
psych, bones, criminal minds
it goes on and on
the only way out
is coming soon
when I am busy
leaving for camp tomorrow
and constant exposure to friends and commitment
is my antidote
my methadone 

oh hello there

yeah so i have been back from Ghana for about half a week, but only a day or so back home
so, excuses!
this summer is exceptionally busy, and I have not been having blog inspiration while within reach of my laptop
apologies
in 24 hours I have to be repacked for a week(or is it two?) for camp training, so yeah not a lot of downtime
but I will think of something by tomorrow night
:)

Why Hello There

So I have been mysteriously silent as of late, I'm sure it is not mysterious to my few subscribers but I have been in Ghana for almost a month now, flying out this Friday. I have a lot written in my other blog, Not a Safari, and I have basically been updating that instead of this. I have been pretty busy with outreaches and such, and have had limited or no internet capability since I have arrived.

a monkey at the monkey sanctuary

a hibiscus flower from a bush at the royal hotel, where we stayed for outreach with Northwestern

the stage where we had money thrown at us, the cultural center in Kumasi

a butterfly I freed using Cal's hat at Kate Memorial Hotel

waterfall, obviously

A tree at outreach where I did visual acuity outside because I forgot my survey

 

It has been a lot of fun so far, totally insane and incredibly interesting.  Given the choice I would probably not stay as long as I have, and I am really excited to go home. It can be immensely satisfying and rewarding to work at outreach, but sometimes the alien environment, these people I don't really know and, even the trees are so very different; I am sometimes overwhelmed by homesickness and a longing to be back amongst friends and family.