...Kate Daignault!!! For the amazing care package that she sent me, which I received today. I've never been so excited to see a Cosmopolitan magazine in my entire life, not to mention the candy that came with it and the amazing letter! I'm going to save the magazine for when we go back to homestay on Friday or possibly to take with me next week when we go on our 5-day volunteer visits. Another thing that I received in the mail today, a "save the date" card for Jackie and Seth's wedding in September. I'm so thrilled for them that I can't even express it in words, but I'm also sad because I'm not sure if I'll be able to share the special day with them. I'll have to wait and see.
I'm so excited to be here and have this amazing opportunity, but I can't help but feel sometimes like I'm missing out on things back home. Don't forget about me guys! I miss you all so much!
We had our first language exam this morning and I think it went as well as it could have gone. Hailey let me switch time slots with her so I was able to go first thing in the morning so I could get it over with. I get the tenses (past, future and present) and the sentence structures, now I just need to cram as much vocab into my head as humanly possible. I did mix up the verbs for "to dance" and "to come." I was trying to say that I like to dance alone in my room in the morning, but that's not how it came out. I did do a dance motion while I was saying it though, so hopefully I got my point across. Here's an interesting little fact for all of you; in Pulaar, the future tense and the present tense are exactly the same. You have to make sure you use a time marker (today, tomorrow, next year, tonight) so that people know what context you are trying to get across.
One of our sessions today dealt with emotional health and yoga. I wish I had thought about yoga as a form of exercise before I came over here. It's obviously something that's very easy to do alone in your hut or with another PCV. If anyone wants to send me a yoga mat, it would be greatly appreciated. I might even repay you with an authentic Senegalese postcard. Ooh la la. Anyway, picture 45 PCVs all trying to do yoga at one time on the hard, dirty tile floor in one of our tech rooms. It was interesting. I definitely kicked someone in the face. BY ACCIDENT! Just to make that clear. Who knows, by the end of this 2 year stint I might be a hard core yogi guru. I hope I can do that thing where you start sitting cross-legged on the ground and wind up in a full on handstand. Hey, a girl can dream can't she?
Tomorrow are our site announcements. To say that I'm nervous would be an understatement. I am full-on terrified! I have a feeling that sleep is not so much in the equation tonight. Keep your fingers crossed for me that I get a good site. I'll let you all know how it shapes up.
Asalaa maalekum,
Rachel
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