Tonight is the last night I spend with my family in Senegal. We just got back from the party SIT threw for the families, and they mowed the yard at the SIT house this afternoon, brought in a musician, and about 4 or 5 cases of soda...haha It really was fun though.
I slept in this morning because I stole the fan out of the corner of the family room that has never been plugged in since I've been here. It was awesome. Supposedly it terrentially downpoured for about 20 or 30 minutes in the middle of the night, but I didn't wake up for it (a little distracted by totally consumed with the fan of course)
When I got up this morning, I went over to Suffolk to make my final editions to my project, and of course, OF COURSE, the power was out. And it stayed out for much of the morning. Everyone had gone to the Elton staion (the gas station with the internet cafe upstairs) and I met Frankie there to take a taxi over to SIT where we had heard you could use their one extra computer. Prof Magoo walked in as we were leaving and told us that Souleye had said not to come to SIT because a student demonstration in the street on the way there had gotten out of hand and they started burning tires in the street, causing the police to come out with guns and tear gas...
BUT, I had just come on that road to get to Suffolk and Ken's information was over an hour old, so we went back towards my house to SIT. I finished my corrections on a laptop there, but the SIT printer is broken and we had to turn in a hard copy so I ended up going back to Suffolk later in the afternoon. The power had been on for a while but was off when I got there. It came back on for about 10 minutes, I printed during that time, and everyone screamed when the power went back off. Erica (Aiden's girlfriend) and I headed back to the house so I could go to the soiree...I was really late getting home, so we didn't leave until 15 minutes after the party started and we had to sit in the back of the yard. oops. but I think they were fine. My family left early anyways, and I came home a little while after.
Tomorrow we head to the Petite Cote. I signed up for a presenetation tomorrow afternoon, but judging by how behind everything is, I'll either be going after dinner tomorrow or the next morning. I'm just sayin'.
I'm giving my family here a book from South Carolina, so I'll have to come up with something nice to write in the front and then translate it into French. I'm also giving ma mere (my mom) Bé some fabric--enough to make a boubou (dress) and headwrap thing.
I also have to pack everything tonight which is going to be REALLY difficult since I just bought a ton more stuff this afternoon, and I had already packed almost everything...oh well, we'll see how this works...
I'm off to eat my last Senegalese family dinner, take some pictures, and pack the goods.
I don't think I'll have internet access at the Petite Cote and I probably won't want to waste my last day in Senegal on the computer, so I guess this is it. It's been a great adventure, and I'm so happy to have come here. It's nothing like I expected, but I don't know how to say why. Thanks for the emails everyone who kept me updated, and I can't wait to see everyone in a week!
A tout à l'heure!
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