Update

Today was quite slow. Miles and I headed to the mall to get to the internet café, and they closed very soon after we arrived, cutting our time way shorter than we had planned. We headed back to his house and then were finally able to make it to the beach! We went to the Indian Ocean right behind the big casino entertainment building downtown. The sand was so nice and it was very warm and sunny, and the water was great, with huge waves! Miles and I also got a little tan in, which was exciting. And of course, I wore sunscreen (don’t worry momma ) We brought Miles’ brothers Boom Boom and Tulani. It was so nice to finally get out in the sun and the BEACH! It’s supposed to be winter here, yet it’s unbelievably hot; it’s so weird to be able to say that I went to the beach in the winter, and didn’t freeze my butt off. That was pretty much all that happened today. In the United States, something like this would probably take half a day, but because ‘African Time’ (that is what they call it here!) is so much different, it took the whole day. Everybody works more relaxed and slow paced, and takes their time to enjoy themselves. I’m not too used to that, and it’s kind of nice, yet kind of frustrating at the same time. Sometimes I just want people to pick up the pace and get on with things, and other times I enjoy relaxing and sitting back for a little bit; all depends on my mood. Overall I think it’s a good change for me, and gives me a break from my extremely busy lifestyle back home.