Ine Wuli Comme Ta Mere

Rindiao... it really is hot like your Mom. We've been in Stage for 2 weekand we\re quickly approaching our one month anniversary in Mauritania! Sure, sometimes I miss home and food and booze and Happy Hour... ok, so I miss booze all the time. But, I am having the best time ever in Mauritania. Every night before I go to sleep I just look at the stars, which are brilliant unless there\s a sandstorm and think how lucky I am to be here.
Here\s a typical day in the life of a Peace Corps Stagiere...
I wake up to the sounds of goats bleating and roosters crowing at about 6am. I'm usually sleeping on the front porch with the family becuse it\s so damn hot, and my official wake up call usually involves me being stepped on by a goat.
I wake up, run the daily 3-7 miles, and take a fuck- it... I mean bucket shower. Then we go to Pulaar class with Abulaye, the coolest man alive all morning. By noon it's literally over 100 degrees and it's naptime, so the toubabs (*foreigners) take a nap under the tree in the Ekkol. We snooze and then go home for lunch, which involves 10 people eating fish and rice our of one bowl with their hands. After lunch, MORE PULAAR! Then we screw around some more until dark when we go hang out with our families. My Pulaar family, the Gangaes, are awesome. We live in a huge compound with like 6 other families, and I swear that most of the town lives with us in this compound. This would explain why I never go anywhere without 100 people shouting SALA GANGAE! Dave says I'm the most popular girl in Rindiao. I say he's a smart-ass. On the weekends we come into Kaedi, or mostly hang out next to the river or in the mango forest. Rindiao is blessed with a lot of shade and natural beauty, and we take full advantage of it.
More updates to come! We find out about our sites in a week! Sweeeeeet.