Hey you all,
Just in case you haven't read my last entry, this is my new blog site to write down my thoughts and events of my post Peace Corps experience called... LIFE!.
Ok, so I'm back on the east coast of the U.S. to start the new chapter in my life, after serving two years in my other home, Ghana. I came back to the cold winter weather (my least favorite) to brave the cold weather, day in and day out. And let me tell you, I'd rather have excrutiating heat any day. So far, the adjustment hasn't been too much of a problem. I feel like I've slipped right back into life as I knew it before I joined the Peace Corps; a life of working hard, struggling to get money only to give it away, and the countless things to worry your head with on a daily basis. On the other hand, I am glad to have running HOT water with a simple turn of the handle and food galore. Not that I've been cooking much but I sure as hell can buy food anywhere and at any time. I'm definitely happy to have cheese again and a variety of foods at every meal time.
My family was so overjoyed to see God take me overseas away from them for 2 years and bring me back safely. They threw a surprise party for me at the house so that when I hopped off the plane and arrived home, everyone was waiting to see me. It was really a warm welcome. Thanks mom for hooking that up! The fanfare lasted for a little while. I even received more christmas gifts than I thought I would. I'm sure it's because they are all so excited and happy to have me home. Either way, I'm happy to be with my peeps again.
So, my new chapter begins with school. Back in Ghana, I decided I wanted to go back to school to study nursing and practice community health nursing, just like what I was doing in Ghana. I've started taking the prerequisites for the Masters in Nursing program at the community college. In the begining, I was so excited to start school again because I've always loved school and now it's become a chore. I seriously don't remember ever reading and remembering so much for a few classes. Maybe that was because I was a liberal arts major that could easily bullsh*t my way through some classes by being able to defend my abstract thinking. Now, I'm reading all science courses which are no joke because it's either I know the stuff and can apply it or I don't and I fail the course. Needless to say, my books have become my boyfriend, lol. I'm in them every single day of the week. My mom says that's how life is, it's always something to do but I honestly don't remember it being that way. Maybe I was so preoccupied with trying to reach my goals and working hard to get there, the busyness didn't bother me so much.
Right now, I'm taking A&P I, Microbiology and Nutrition. People tell me I'm crazy for taking both of them at the same time but I really have no choice if I want to start the nursing program by next year. So I'm grudging my way through those classes and have Chemistry and A&P II, along with a psychology course to take over the summer before I can apply to the school. Sometimes I wonder if I'm making the right choice by going to back to school. My friend Tasha says it's the best thing to do, so I'm going to take that advice and keep on trekking. Plus, I feel like once I get my degree in nursing, I'll be able to do something that I love and be able to travel with it. Nurses are in need everywhere, basically.
In addition to going to school, I'm also working part-time at a tax office. I'm happy to say that I am the only American among the Ghanaian staff. It's really cool because I feel like I'm in Ghana most of the time and they always have news and new music and things going on to share with me. They almost always speak Twi, which I have yet to learn, but I'll never give up my loyalty to the Lawra people, lol. Unforunately, the tax season will be over and I'll have to look for another part-time job while I'm in school to pay the bills.
As for my personal life, it seems like I don't have one really. I keep in touch with my old friends every once in a while but mostly I'm either working or studying/going to school. I try to go out once a week but lately that hasn't been happening. Maybe when the summer is in full bloom, I'll feel the urge to get out more.
Alrighty then folks, I'll write something soon.
