Ok it’s been quite a while since my last post so I’ve decided to give an update using traditional test wisdom. So here goes, my last month (or two) in one hundred words or less:
I swore in as an official Peace Corps Volunteer on November 4th, gave a speech in Seereer in front of the US Ambassador and other Senegalese dignitaries (I can die fulfilled now, I’m on YouTube), participated in my first Tabaski (Alhamdulillah I missed the sacrificing of the four sheep that became lunch), installed in my village, learned that you really can go crazy without any outside contact, became an aunt, celebrated a lovely thanksgiving, adopted (more like stole from their mother) two baby kittens, committed cricket genocide (sorry if that’s offensive, but it’s true) and developed microscopic amounts of patience.
FYI, that paragraph is in fact EXACTLY 100 words, booyaah kashaah!
And finally here are a couple pictures depicting some of what I just described.
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| This pretty much sums up Tabaski. FYI, she's cutting the head off the sheep. |
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| Actually this summarizes it. Just walking around with a sheep's head, you know, no big. |
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Jaxat, Asaan, and I at Tabaski. Jaxat is beyond adorable, and do you see how much fabric is on my head!?!
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| My hut! |
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| This little mouse got stuck in the bottle one night and kept me awake for ever. I was extremely brave and set him free outside all by myself. |
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| This is the view from my backyard at site. Beautiful! |
