the end of CBT

CBT is community based training and it is now over. It was sad to leave my family. A brief overview on the last couple of days at site. I went shopping for family gifts, got pictures printed out and made cards and photo albums, presented the families with the gifts. I also received lots of gifts from host families. Small rugs and household things. We held two health lessons at the schools in Tazntoute. One lesson on hand washing at the preschool and the other lesson on garbage at the lmdrasa.We had our language progress exam and I scored the minimum we could score to not have to sign the paper. I could put together a sentence, but I am not yet at the level at using alot of words. We threw our host families a party and we made pizza! That was a success the party was very fun! My host family dressed me up and we danced. Leaving was very emotional, everyone was crying and we had grown very attached to our families and our Duoar.

I am just throwing out random things and my mind is very scattered right now. I cut my hair yesterday. Not very very short, but cut. I was suprised at myself to go to a Moroccan hair shop and let them do anything, but it was fun. Tomorrow we swear in as official Peace Corps volunteers and we are off into the real world. Headed off to Tata on Friday. I got a post box there address is posted on the blog. I don't remember whether anything new, interesting or exciting have occurred. I want to be more specific in these blogs, but by the time I get to the internet I have forgotten everything that occurred in the last week because time is going by so fast that yesterday seems like a week ago and a week ago seems like a month ago lol... I am just taking everything one at a time.

Overall positive experiences and good times. I have no complaints. We are definitely getting closer and things are becoming more official. Being in HUB for the last couple of days and hearing current volunteers speak has kinda given me an outlook that I am not alone and many volunteers are having the same experiences and feeling the same way despite how different we seem.

Hopefully I can get an internet stick and it actually work at my site. We shall see. More blog updates if thats the case, but I believe I have to pay by the day so we shall see!