Sept 12

im typing on a french keyboard so i dunno how long ill last on this one... i hope all is going well in the states.. im excited to come back and not be sweating constantly... u of i people: how are your classes going? i saw a monkey today on my walk to class.. although it wasnt in a good way... he was tied to the tree... random i know... sorry on that same note... there are a lot of dogs and cats here roaming around... like latin america style. call to prayer still wakes me up every morning around 530 but im getting closer to sleeping through it...maybe if the fan is on and the window is shut.... but ramadan will be over at the end of the month and Dakar should be a lot more lively then... im excited we eat mangos a lot here and they are beyond delicious one of the girls in our group left the other day (heather actually... one of the girls that goes to u of i) so thats been kinda weird. but for the rest of us, everyone seems to be adjusting pretty well and settling into classes in Dakar... im adjusting fine except for the fact that i still cant believe im here... usually when wer walk along the ocean to go to lunch i go... holy crap, this is actually happening. what else... OH we founf this place semi close to where wwe take classes... its a lebonese slash italian "fast food" place and they have amaaaaazing gelato. i love it. last night for dinner we were eating this really gross millet like stuff (like small ground up grains...) and it was gross.. i asked my brother what it was and he knew i didnt like it and told me that they eat it every day in the village im going to... so i may die. all of us are gonna go to the market tomorrow.. an artisan one and a regular huge one... it should be a lot of fun. i think thats all i have to report...
ba beneen yoon.