i just got back from five days in the village. not gonna lie, it was totally scary and definitely challenging. my family has about thirty people in it and we spend most of our time hanging out in the center of the compound. i have my own room and electricity. actually, that's a lie. i share a room with a giant spider. his name is sir legsalot and he eats other bugs.
in the morning i get up at about 7:30 but roosters start crowing at about 5:30. i take a bucket bath and my host sister makes me half a baguette with butter and really really milky coffee. then i go to language class for about four hours. i go home for lunch at 1 and we usually eat at 2. for lunch i eat around a giant bowl with my family. most days they make me eat twice at the different bowls around the compound. everyday we have rice with fish and vegetables. it's called ceebujen. after lunch i take a nap, wake up sweating and head back to class at four. in the afternoon my language group (2 other people) and my teacher work on our garden. two days ago, i was going from house to house collecting manure and sifting out the chunks with an onion sack. at seven we have some tea and i usually sit around with my family until dinner. i have dinner with my family and its usually cous cous or rice with a thin fishy sauce. they also make me a special dinner because i'm a guest. i'm always stuffed and super full.
okay, i'm tired of blogging now so i'll try to do more later. no pictures yet b/c i didn't bring my camera to the village. i'll be there for nine days next time and there is no internet so i'll ttyl. love you guys.
so since i am broke i can't send you a kick ass package. yet. instead, until i do, i think i will leave you little pop culture updates.
ReplyDelete-The Wizarding World of Harry Potter finally has a grand opening date, June 18th. If you want to go when you get back, you can visit me and we'll drive down there!
-David Beckham injured his Achilles tendon. My only real interest in this is that he won't be able to play in the World Cup.
-Jesse James and Sandra Bullock broke up because Jesse James is the new Tiger Woods.
-That guy from Twilight was immortalized in wax and tween have begun molesting him and taking pictures with their iPhones.
-Sarah Palin's tv show got picked up by TLC, America looks dumber than ever.
I am sure there is more, but this is getting to be a very long comment! I miss you. Be safe!
THIS IS THE BEST COMMENT EVER! KEEP IT COMING!!! i don't have internet very often but i do miss you and i love these comments.
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