Laundry Day

I'm really going to write a whole post on doing wash! :) Haha! Just how everyone wants to spend their Saturday.

How I miss a washer and dryer! We took a taxi to Isaac's school. Water has not flowed at the house since the Thursday I got back to Kpando. That's over a week!!! Luckily, Isaac's school has a deep well and a backup Poly tank to store water when the tap doesn't run. It took us about 4 hours to wash all of our clothes. Every item has to be washed by hand. It's not hard, but it just takes a long time! Lifting/Filling/Dumping the buckets of water is hard work. Also, squeezing the excess water out of the clothes is tiring. My hands will be sore tomorrow. You don't really need to lift any weights here in Africa. The daily chores are enough. The problem is they are slowing getting use to modern ammenities. Thus, diseases due to a sedentary lifestyle like we see in the US are becoming more common here.

While I was waiting for my turn to wash my clothes, I decided to lay out in the sun. All of them started laughing at me. Isaac thought it was so funny that he even had to take my picture. At least he understood the importance of me getting my daily dose of Vitamin D! :) They find it so funny when any white person wants to be in the sun. Every African is always trying to avoid the sun.

I'm glad I was their entertainment today: The silly American who does not know how to wash clothes and likes to lay in the sun! Issac also made me carry my clothes on my head like a true African. My neck doesn't hurt so I must have done something right. Maybe if I keep practicing, I will be able to balance stuff without needing my hands. :)

The game is in 1 hour! I'm so excited to cheer on my adopted country, Ghana! Go Black Stars!!! I think I'm starting to like football.

Love, Kari