So my assignment in French class was to go to the post and ask a question then come to the internet cafe and read an article in French...which took about 20 minutes so now I have free time to do nothing. Not a lot new class every day then struggle to talk to my host family every night. They do have a 3 year old little boy who talks to me all the time and doesn't quite understand that I don't know what he is saying. He's fun though, he wants to play instead of eating or getting a bath just like my nephews at home! There is also a 12 year old boy that lives in my house who is my host dad's brother. He is so nice he helps me figure things out when I am really confused. Like last night, at dinner, there was this spicy pepper in the sauce and my host mom was asking if I wanted some. I said yes, then no, then I finally said I would try a little. They kind of looked at each other and smiled then she put a little on my rice. I took one bite and was burning hot I think I said ohhhhh and they cracked up. I only live with my host family for the three months of training, then I go on to a site where I may live with another family or I may live on my own. My family is great despite the language barrier...this weekend my host mom is going to teach me to cook something...I hope it's rice with this delicious peanut butter sauce that stuff is soo good. Everyone says they lose weight in the Peace Corps...not me. I'm eating very well and am still healthy.
Yeah, there are some local beers here. The one I have tried so far is called Brakina, tastes like any lite beer really. In general, I'm way to tired at night to go drink a beer, like last night some people went out but I hung out at home with the family and went to bed at 900. Maybe on the weekend I'll be able to hang out, or if I finally adapt to getting up at 530 and staying up past 900. Last night there was a ventriloquist cricket in my room that sang allll night. I woke up about 15 times. I couldn't find the cricket anywhere but I kept hearing him in my room; he is soo loud.
It was a sheep that was given to us by the chief, not a goat. We took the vilage chief a chicken and some Kola nuts (they kind of taste like you are chewing on wood, supposedly if you eat them you can get kind of drunk, I don't know I only tasted a little bit of one). In return, he gave us a sheep. Sheep and goats look just alike here, something different about the tails I think. So, I think we are going to feast on our sheep on the 4th of July. I can't wait already; I really miss good protein. My time is almost up, thanks for the comments I was really excited to see them!! It's so good to hear from people back home. Hope everyone is doing well, somebody give my puppy a hug from me. I'm thinking about adopting a puppy when I go to my site...then if I brought him back to the states he would have to be quarantined for like 6 weeks...but it would be so nice to have a dog if I live on my own. hmmm..I have a few months to decide I guess. That's all for now!