Dinner in East Legon

Monday, April 11, 2011

Today I woke up to get ready for work and when I went to leave the room I realized I could not find my key. I emptied several of my shelves and searched all over the room. I did not know what to do since I was locked in my room and could not get out without the key. I finally located it and I was able to let myself out, so I could brush my teeth and use the washroom. I boiled water, made some NesCafe, ironed my shirt, and I still had extra time. I decided to clean one of my shelves that I keep all of my cords and papers on. I was happy to complete the task and I finished at exactly 6:40 the time I like to leave for work. I was able to easily get on a bus and I arrived at work about thirty minutes early. I decided to stop and buy my new food for the week, which was called a sweet bun. It is essentially fried flower and it tasted excellent.
At work I got the last month of my assignment done and then was able to go home for the day. I got back in time to get lunch and take a nap which I had no intension of doing, but I was to exhausted to be productive. And I forgot to tell you the day we made the baskets I was also able to mop my floor, which needed to be done very badly. However, as I look down I notice that the floor needs to be mopped again it looks as if I never mopped in the first place. That is beside the point because it as not as if I mopped again what I did do was go to class and learn that it would be canceled the following day. After class I went straight to East Legon, which is about a five-minute taxi drive to eat dinner at Dana’s house. She is a girl from my program that is living at a home stay. Dinner was delicious and we got some sort of cake with chocolate for dessert, it was a wonderful meal. She also has seven puppies at the house so we got to play with them for a while before it was time for me to leave.
I walked back to the hostel, which took a little over thirty minutes with me practically running since it was dark and I had to be at dance. I got changed, grabbed my laptop, and ran off to dance, which takes about twenty minutes to get too. I arrived a little late, but no one noticed because the last production was still practicing, so Atsu did not have the room to practice in yet. Practice started about thirty minutes late, eight o’clock, and it was not over until almost midnight. Everyone was frustrated and just wanted to leave, but we were able to make a great deal of progress, completing over ten minutes of the dance. The performance will be about twenty minutes long when it is complete and we are well on our way to that. We prayed and Atsu closed rehearsal, so it was about 12:30 by the time I was in my room. I planned on reading for class before bed, but I ended up cuddling up with a good book and falling asleep.