last night i took a shower with the door open, the light bulb burned out in the bathroom but thats not really something that needs fixing.

i ate a spider leg the other morning in my chocolate bread. after taking a bite i saw that there was a spider in my chocolate, im pretty sure he was missing a leg.

ive given up getting angry at people in french, its so much easier to do in english and somewhat satisfying to see the look on their faces and that they are now speechless because they cant mock what you just said.

i learned to make lait chaud, one of my all time favorite treats of being here in senegal. come over to my apartment this year, ill make you some.

i spent a day relaxing at the pool yesterday, after five and a half weeks, the kids are really wearing me down. though i feel loads more comfortable with kids now, one more week and i may go insane.

im still waiting to find out when im coming home, im hoping that it will be a week from today. i have loved senegal and feel conflicted. but with my health wavering as much as it has been, im trying to get home earlier to get a blood test since i am still having symptoms of malaria.

i never want to hear someone complain about a mosquito bite again. i get five to ten new bites every single day. and thats with bug spray on.

english is a very useful tool. we name kids things like slug, devil child, dennis the menace, and binny (short for bin laden) and only us volunteers can understand. its things like this that get us through the days.

i eat for sustenance. strange idea because at home, although we eat for sustenance, its also usually for pleasure. but here, i eat what i am given and its usually not that enjoyable and i have learned to eat because i need to survive.

it is people that make life worth living, no matter where you are or what you are doing, if you arent with people you love, its just not worth it. alhamdulilaay, i have been blessed with friends here, and so many friends and family back in the states, i’m excited to see you guys- i can’t pretend im not.