Today was a rainy day, which means we spent most of the day waiting for the rain to stop. The afternoon was a performance for all the clubs to show what they worked on during model school. Since it was raining, first of all half the kids didn't show up. We started about an hour and twenty minutes late, typical african time. The performance was outside too. So we were sitting in desks on mud. It was awkward. Then halfway through the performances (girls club was awesome btw) it starts to really pour so we go into the teachers room or on the porch. So its about 100 people packed into one classroom. Don't worry I took pictures. Basically everyone at this point was waiting for the rain to abate for a few minutes so we could go wherever we wanted to go. Just as we started to get really bored, the glee club performed. AWESOME! I slightly regretted not doing glee club, but my girls needed me. They even wrote a song. It perked everyone up so much that we left afterwards even though it was still raining. In the morning we had finished our presentations in french, which was basically the last piece of work we need to do for training. So, at this point we headed to the bar. We proceeded to pass the next four hours just shooting the shit, doing silly things and taking pictures (which will be posted on facebook). It was basically one of the most fun days here so far. It ended with us buying a huge pot full of week old popcorn for $4 and eating ourselves silly then going home before the 7:00 curfew of course.
The fun continued at my host family's house. When I got home, my bath bucket was sitting outside collecting rain for my bath. Yay, rain water instead of well water! (Less likely to get eye worms from rain water) But it was sooo cold...the water and the fact that it wasn't too hot out...brrrrr..My host brothers told me that they were stuck inside all day because of the rain and they couldn't play at all!! So they asked me to tell them a story. I don't know any stories in french, so I pull out the one french novel I brought, entitled, Un Caprice du destin (A twist of fate). Its a harlequin romance. I thought it would be ok to start reading to them because the riské parts were probably far into the book....um no the first page started to describe what the guy was wearing and I was like ohhhhh noooo. Luckily then they said they would tell me a story because mine was too long (its not a reading culture) and I was like ok! and he told me the story of the tortoise and the hare. Then while I was eating dinner the power went out. Of course this happens on the night that I drink coffee with dinner (because its a cold day...in the 70s)...greeaaat.. so thats why I'm writing this blog post now with the remaining battery on my computer. I'm all hopped up on instant nescafe coffee (so delicious after not having starbucks for 2 months!) I felt like I should share this day which is typically african but sooo not american because I have the feeling there will be many more like this to come in the next two years....Surprisingly, I'm kinda looking forward to more rainy days...especially since I'm moving to the desert next week....
xoxo Liz
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