my first blog post (ever)

so... just so you all know, i have never written a blog before and i dont really know how its done so youll have to bear with me while i get the hang of this thing :) i guess i should probably tell you a little bit about me (even though its probably just my parents who care enough to read this). my name is sarah and i am from upstate new york. im a freshman in college and i decided to go to ghana (a little country in west africa) to do volunteer work and learn about their culture for six months. im leaving in january 2010 and ill be coming home the following june. im going through a really awesome organization called afs (you should really google them :) ) an ill be living with a host family while im there. also, i really dont like capital letters. or apostrophes. 
ps: i have some really awesome fishies at the bottom of the page who you can feed or make do tricks. theyre pretty darn sweet. just sayin... ;)