Waiting...

Counting today I have 27 days left until I leave for Ghana. And three injections.

(Truthfully, I didn't think I'd be writing one of these blogs so soon - I don't even have any new news! - but truthfully again I don't have much else to think about other than my Ghana trip!)

It seems as thought I am in some sort of limbo - stuck between work that finished 22 days ago and my advancing trip, and nothing is filling the gap! It's far too early to pack, or even really purchase much of anything (although yes, I have been googling impregnanted mosquito nets and over-the-knee dresses with an intensity bordering on obsession!) Instead, I spend my days reading and catching up on TV shows that despite the fact I am leaving the country for six months it seems important to be up-to-date with...

It's not like I want to rush the next 27 days, but I am very ready for something new to happen other than TV catch up! I shouldn't complain - I should enjoy the free time before everything gets very different and scary and hard, but I am ready for Ghana to happen now! I am ready for the new challenge- For new sights, and people, and the culture! I am ready to be overwhelmed and feel something other than this blandness that defines my days!

At the moment I can not think about the first days of fear and panic, or even the later negativity that I am told sets in around the three week mark. Instead I think of children clustered around in matching uniforms, making great friends, and totally loving the place with a determined "it will be amazing" positive attitude that I remember from the weeks leading up to university (and look how well that turned out!). I have endless questions about where-am-I-going-and-what-will-I-be-doing-and-will-everyone-be-nice-and-how-will-I-understand-the-Ghanaian-dialects but right this moment I am positive! I am fed up of speculation and wonderings! I need to know!

This weekend myself and my parents are preparing a meal for my great aunt and some of her friends as a final event. I look forward to it. Next week I only have my yellow fever injection to look forward to. And you know things are bad when you only have a yellow fever injection to look forward to...!!

Patience is a virtue...!
Sal xxxx