Things I Will Miss About West Africa

Granted, I still have four months left. But, this year gas flown so fast. I have almost officially decided to come home in July instead of extending a Third Year. So, now that I am wrapping things up, I have really started to think about what I will miss when I'm gone. Here are my favorite things about this region...
1. Mauritanian tea, 3-4 times a day. When I first got here, and I had headaches in the afternoon, my students always asked "Teacher, did you drink tea after lunch? Because if not, your head will hurt. You'll die". I laughed. Now? I recognize the error in my ways. I MIGHT actually die if I don't drink my afternoon tea.
2. The way the sun rises over the sahel as I'm running in the morning. It's exceptionally beautiful.
3. The fact that a burger in West Africa is served with lettuce, tomato, mayonaise, egg, ketshup, and fries on the burger. It's DELICIOUS. Naf Burger in Nouakchott? Easily the most delicious burger in the world.
4. (Background, I taught my Third Years a lesson one afternoon on American slang. I taught them things like "What's up", "Nice", "Cool" "I'm freaking out", etc.) My favorite result of this lesson is that Hadrami, one of my favorite students, greets me every morning screaming "What's uk, Teacher?" I could tell him that it's actually "what UP", but seeing as how the whole thing is adorable, I'm going to let it slide.
5. Doing homework at night with my host sisters by candlelight. They also love when I put on Shakira to "help them think". HA, right.
6. Daily market runs. I know exactly how fresh my veggies are.
7. Riding into Kaedi on the EARLY morning car. The view of the desert in the morning from the back of Mahmoud's pickup truck is pretty incredible.
8. My host family's morning coffee. I have yet to be able to duplicate it... or even come close to duplicating it.
9. Fama Thiam, by little host sister.
10. I will miss that my "professional" teaching clothes consist of outrageously loud wax print or tie-dyed clothing, complete with a head wrap that sticks up at least 6 inches from my head on all sides.
11. Moors. I LOVE those Moors.
12. African non- English speakers singing to American rap music.

This list will inevitable get longer as my departure date gets closer. Our COS Conference starts on March 28 I believe. Inshallah, I will get my official COS date then.