Sorry I have not been able to blog lately. Things are going great for me. I cannot complain too much. PPST went by extremely fast and it was very informational. I look forward to starting a project post Ramadan.
Ramadan is a month long fasting. From sunrise to sunset, no eating, drinking, making babies, smoking or anything else you enjoy. When the sun goes down, every prays and have soup, shabekia, and other sweets. The break fast meal is called Lfdor. I have been fasting now for 6 days. The first day was a bit difficult to adjust to and I was drinking water because I was thirsty, but now I have more control over myself and I am doing what I have to in order to experience what my community is experiencing. Days are extremely dead during Ramadan. Many people are asleep until the sunsets and then Lfdor is served, Iminsi (dinner) and around 4am we have SHor. During SHor you consume lots of water and coat your stomach with bread or something. Most of the men go to the Mosque and pray, women usually go to the fields and I go back to sleep lol. Everyday I am visiting a new family home to break fast and it's great to get around and meet new people in my community. I am talking more and asking more questions to try and improve my language.
Post PPST we celebrated a birthday in Agadir which was great. We found a chinese food restaurant which was fairly decent for Morocco and chilled out on the beach. When I arrived back home it was the day before Ramadan started and I realized my house had been infested with mice. They were everywhere. As bad as I felt, I went out and bought poison. Overall I found 6 mice in my house. I was traumatized. I really don't like mice and I was ready to move. Then I thought about it and realized my strength is constantly being tested and I will never let anyone bring weakness out of me. So I defeated the mice and moved on.
Enjoying the summer, waiting for it to end so hopefully I can find work! It's so wonderful living on my own. Things have definitely gotten better since I moved. I made a pepper turkey sub with American sandwich cheese and mustard, with chips and tropical punch koolaid on the side and chopped apples. I felt as though I was hope and I loved it!
Thanks for reading.... Miss everyone
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Yes for you slaying the mice!!!! You are so much better then me I would I have lost my damn mind!!! I'm so happy you are enjoying yourself and making the experience work for you!!!
ReplyDeleteI will email you a more detailed travel email but as a heads up, Merv and I decided to push our travel plans back to March, we recently moved and with Dec. right around the corner we really did not have time to prepare for such a large trip; but we are definitely excited about visiting you!!!
Anton had a lot of mice in his house too. That was not the only invader. There was a snake and if this creature had not come to an untimely ending, his house would now be mouseless. His neighbors thought that a snake had no business in a house. A stick was easily found and that was the end of the snake and the story.
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