Update on Life!

So it has been a month or so since I have updated last so basically nothing new really happened, my life is basically the same each day.  Until last week, I have been studying Bambara and living with my host family.  It was good, some drama with some people but nothing to lose sleep over.  Same donkeys making the same ridiculous noise!  Then last week occurred, I found out my site which I am happy with. I am in Sikasso Region where all the fresh fruits and vegetables of Mali comes from, and it is greener than the rest of Mali. I arrived there last Sunday by bus.  Taking a bus in Mali is an experience in itself.  The have jugs of water in the aisles because once every seat is full, they start sitting people on the jugs, once those are full, people stand (for hours).  They played some very lame music videos that were hilarious, Malians dance worse than me which is saying a lot!!  I went with my Homalogue/counterpart to Yonfolila which is my new village where I will be living for 2 years!!  When I arrived, things were okay, I was a little homesick but things were okay, I was in a "hotel" with air conditioning, I use the word hotel loosely because the place was mad sketchy.  Well I stayed there for the first 2 days because my room was not set up yet.  The first 2 days went well enough, I didn't sleep much nor did I each much but it was okay.  I met a local french volunteer so I hung out with him a lot.  Everything was good until day 3!  I fell into this major depressive wanting to leave Africa mood which lasted until today.  It was terrible, day 3 I moved into my house which was not finished yet still...  I had a mouse that seemed it liked to annoy the hell out of me, I got 1 hour of sleep, kids were opening my door at 3 a.m. because my lock didn't work, all in all it was hell.  This consisted for 3 days there, I was bored and annoyed.  I couldn't even communicate with anyone.  My only saving grace was my friend William, who was the french volunteer.  I hung out with him everyday so I can have that connection to western life.  He will not be there when I go back because all the French volunteers have been evacuated, which annoys me because he was the only westerner for 80k from me.  I will be in my village alone :(. Then there is the libya stuff, there is some concern for safety issues with that too.  There is a very strong relationship between libya and Mali.  So we will see how that unfolds.

Honestly, a lot more has happened but I don't have the patience to write any more so I will update in 2 weeks when I return to the internet. 

Adios

Update on Life!

So it has been a month or so since I have updated last so basically nothing new really happened, my life is basically the same each day.  Until last week, I have been studying Bambara and living with my host family.  It was good, some drama with some people but nothing to lose sleep over.  Same donkeys making the same ridiculous noise!  Then last week occurred, I found out my site which I am happy with. I am in Sikasso Region where all the fresh fruits and vegetables of Mali comes from, and it is greener than the rest of Mali. I arrived there last Sunday by bus.  Taking a bus in Mali is an experience in itself.  The have jugs of water in the aisles because once every seat is full, they start sitting people on the jugs, once those are full, people stand (for hours).  They played some very lame music videos that were hilarious, Malians dance worse than me which is saying a lot!!  I went with my Homalogue/counterpart to Yonfolila which is my new village where I will be living for 2 years!!  When I arrived, things were okay, I was a little homesick but things were okay, I was in a "hotel" with air conditioning, I use the word hotel loosely because the place was mad sketchy.  Well I stayed there for the first 2 days because my room was not set up yet.  The first 2 days went well enough, I didn't sleep much nor did I each much but it was okay.  I met a local french volunteer so I hung out with him a lot.  Everything was good until day 3!  I fell into this major depressive wanting to leave Africa mood which lasted until today.  It was terrible, day 3 I moved into my house which was not finished yet still...  I had a mouse that seemed it liked to annoy the hell out of me, I got 1 hour of sleep, kids were opening my door at 3 a.m. because my lock didn't work, all in all it was hell.  This consisted for 3 days there, I was bored and annoyed.  I couldn't even communicate with anyone.  My only saving grace was my friend William, who was the french volunteer.  I hung out with him everyday so I can have that connection to western life.  He will not be there when I go back because all the French volunteers have been evacuated, which annoys me because he was the only westerner for 80k from me.  I will be in my village alone :(. Then there is the libya stuff, there is some concern for safety issues with that too.  There is a very strong relationship between libya and Mali.  So we will see how that unfolds. 

Honestly, a lot more has happened but I don't have the patience to write any more so I will update in 2 weeks when I return to the internet. 

Adios