Guess what! Guess who is only 4 days from her one-year anniversary in the fabulous Faso!
ME!
Your favorite Peace Corps volunteer!
Random finding:
My high school is listed on wikipedia.com. How crazy is that?
what's up
temp: in Ouaga, it's a cool 82F which feels so lovely
reading: The Audacity of Hope by Barack
just finished: The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coehlo
currently listening to: Flaming Lips
last thing i ate: leftovers from a pseudo-Lebanese place two nights ago
last thing i bought: bag of water
recent butterfly: new bangs (i traded my friend a popsicle for the haircut), support from friends and air conditioning for two weeks
recent onion: e. coli
fave destressing activity: napping on the roof at sunset under the guise of reading after a full, exhausting day of training
unattainable craving: got my eyebrows under control. right now, i'm not craving too much since today is my 9th day in the capital
next lesson: center yourself or just keeping spinning?
next goal: breathe
looking forward to: (1) Togo & Ghana at the end of this month, seeing a natural body of water for the first time in a year and being able to jump into it without the fear of schistosomiasis. (2) also, the satisfaction of having completed one year of this madness. yes.
updated: 30 may 07
1 comment:
Hi, Miss Masala...I just discovered all the Burkina blogs (came up in gmail with my daughters email) and I enjoyed reading them very much. My daughter is beginning her coundown (4 months left in country!). Your comments are so much like what she has been saying for the last two years it is amazing. Go You! Stick to your guns and work hard where you can make a difference...even if it is only in a few lives or only one girl...that girl becomes a mother (with ideas and beliefs about herself) of several children who will be influenced because of what she learned through you.(The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world!) Thanks for being so articulate and colorful in your sharing.
ilona ;-)
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