Monday, September 6, 2010

Another Band-Aid Post

Dearest Folks,
I promise to get a good full update soon, but I will have more time with the internet in 2 weeks. For now, i have an excellent treat for you all: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XoM5bxlVFo
This is a video that someone who just finished made from some of my teammates' video clips. It's really well done and you'll at least get a glimpse of the aesthetics of Niger, even if you don't understand what's going on in the clips.
I just got back from my second vacation. My first was in Senegal and I will have that update for you when i have time to load pics because I supplemented it with graphic novel pages. My second vacation was in Ghana, mostly at the beach which would have been excellent had we remembered to pack the Niger sun with us in our bags. But we got the Ghanaian rainy season sky instead. If we didn't see the sun, however, Accra made up for it in letting us see the movie Inception, which you in the states can go see in theatres right now. I'm so up to date! It was so nice to be in mini America for a few hours and the movie was excellent.
And speaking of America, my third vacation will be in January back home in Ol USA. I didn't think I'd go home during the two years, but somewhere between 115 degrees F in the shade and a hallucinated donut, I broke down. I hope I get to see so so many of you!
But for now, it is back to post and back to work for me. I'll be setting up my moringa classes with my health center, and planning english club with my teacher. Plus I've successfully avoided almost all of Ramadan and I'll be coming back just in time to eat goat with my friends.
Wishing y'all well, ~aj