YUM YUM YAMS!

Today was a busy day!! We got up and had a big breakfast again before going to the airport with Akua, where WE GOT OUR BAGS BACK. I don’t know if it’s normal, but it is SUCH a relief and I feel much more comfortable knowing that I have all my stuff again.

Oh, funny story. I got my first proposal at the airport today. Not bad; 3 days in. The man who looked through my bag before giving it back to me said he would move to Canada for me. Petra, being the least stealth she could possibly be, announced loudly that I was single, blowing any lies that I could come up with to refuse. I told him I had no phone and that he would have no way to contact me. Whoops...haha.

We took the tro tro A LOT today. I am getting more comfortable with it, but still completely lost about where I am going. I am directionally challenged to begin with, so that really doesn’t help. We went to Legon bookstore at the University of Ghana, so that was cool to check out. It was also nice to be less of a minority although I am starting to get used to the stares. Everyone is super friendly!!

Next, we went to the Accra Mall. YAY! It is really nice, and even has an Apple Store! (Coulda brought my iPhone Mom :P) We had lunch with Akos again, and got to experience some air conditioning.

We got to watch Mummy Biney do laundry today! I have SO much respect for her for doing laundry for the whole family. Apparently it uses less water, and gets the clothes cleaner than using a machine. She scrubs them in a certain way with soap and water and gets them super clean, and then she has lots of other rinse buckets, and rings them out before hanging them out to dry. It’s a long process; I am going to help her later this week! I am excited; apparently she does laundry about twice a week.

We got home a little later and the boys were excited to see us. Michael and I are really starting to become little buddies and he hugs me every day when he gets home from school. Tonight, Petra and I played ‘Pittsburgh in a Box’ with Michael and Kwadwo...Mom and Dad—isn’t that cool!? ...for those of you who don’t know, that is Monopoly, but just with certain cities. We have Vancouver in a Box at home...

I LOVE YAMS. I can’t believe I have never eaten them before...I ate SO many for supper tonight. Mummy Biney was laughing at me, but she loved it because she is always telling us we are small and should eat lots. She was quite happy to give me more.

We read bedtime stories to the boys tonight too; we found some in our bags that were lost, so they were pretty excited to read some new ones!

OH! AND I SAW MY FIRST LIZARD TODAY!!! We didn’t realize we hadn’t seen any yet until it was running on the gate to our house...apparently we were just blind to them? ...after we saw that one, we saw about 7 more this afternoon!! They are super quick, so I only got one picture. Hope to see more...just not in my room please.....