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Made it through Ramadan... It wasn’t that bad but I definitely prefer other months to September. This week is pretty light with the end of Ramadan and Korite so I don’t have too much planned. Monday, the power was out during the day so I went to the office and just chit-chatted with folks. Tuesday I meet another volunteer in Mbour to catch up since I hadn’t seen her since she went on vaca in Aug. We had a nice lunch in Saly and then I picked up some things from the grocery store. Wednesday was Korite, the celebration of the end of Ramadan. All in all it was a good day. I hung out with my family during the day and in the evening I visited friends. For yet another local holiday, I didn’t have traditional clothes for the fete so I felt kinda uncomfortable and outta place visiting ppl. By the end of the evening, I managed to get into a funk, which is never nice. But I ate well and had a good time with my family and that’s all that matters.
At the end of the week I get a dymyster who’s going to be staying with me for a week, which should be interesting cause I live in a box. As new volunteers come in, there’s a period of time where you go stay with a current volunteer to see what kind of projects they work on and how they live. When I did it, I only stayed with my host for 4 days so this week business is going to be…interesting. I just hope she’s cool and understanding cause if it was me, my tolerance for sleeping on the floor of someone’s room I don’t know may not last 6 days. But I’m going to have a positive attitude.
I miss my Chele! Talking to Yaa yesterday really made me start thinking about how my trip home is going to be since she went home for a few days during her time off. Im trying really hard not to think about it cause I still have...(regarding iCal) 75 days left and that’s to early to start counting down. But I can’t wait to see my friends, eat hamburgers and enjoy the standard of life I’m accustom to. I am very proud of myself that Im working here in Africa cause I know it takes a certain kinda person to do what im doing. But being here makes me realize just how well I have it in the states and appreciate America for the type of people it creates and they way it functions...even though right now it’s not doing the greatest. People here have a certain way of doing things that is sometimes very frustrating. Its like their mindsets are so limited. Now this maybe because they are not exposed to the same type of things folks from the states are because they don’t have access to them or just aren’t capable of thinking outside of the box. This is of course coming from and outsider who has been privileged enough to see something other then what I’ve been raised with. I’m just happy that I’m able to see how another country functions, have a basis for comparison and a different perspective.