I am in Selibaby at the moment- uploading a couple pictures and eating chicken and French fries. Tomorrow I leave for my site and I'm really getting nervous. Finally, I can begin my peace corps service which is overwhelming because for the past couple months we have been told when to eat, drink and breath. Now we are thrown into service and on our own schedules. I'm ready for the freedom, seriously. Maurtiania is divided up into regions, like states in the US, and there are a total of nine people with me in the Guidimakha. The new volunteers have decided to reconnect every couple weeks here in Selibaby. It's comforting and will give me something to look forward to. Tomorrow I have to buy a new phone because I don't have service with my current plan. I will buy a new phone and in two weeks I will send out a massive email. I'm sure I will come back from site with a couple stories..
Did you ever think you would see my lime green walls again? I didn't either until I stumbled upon this fabric in the market. You can probably see me from at least two miles away, on a clear day of course. After a storm our compound was flooded and my little brother thought that it was hilarious that I couldn't get to my room, so I let him take a couple pictures.
I miss you all, you have no idea. I will keep adding items to my Wish List on the previous post. Keep an eye out and start sending me pirate stuff- we have a west African softball tournament coming up and we are the pirates.

I survived 15 days in my village!! I have been living in the market, introducing myself, and learning my way around the village. School should start sometime...no one can give me an exact date, but current volunteers say that things won't "really" begin until November. I'm glad that there is a PC library in Selibaby because I have been doing a little bit of reading. What do the people of Mauritania do during their free time? How do they "pass the day?" Well, the men spend their time working their social game/working outside of the compounds while the women sit around drinking cups of tea (Tea= green tea, mint and an excess of sugar. If someone asks you to come and drink tea with them be aware that will you spend several hours with that person because tea consists of three small cups and takes forever to prepare) and ordering the younger children around. What do I do during my free time? How do I "pass the day?" The pictures above tell all. Rock climbing during the hottest part of the day in Selibaby with Morgan, playing with the children and getting their germs, staying sick, playing in the rain...and sometimes talking on my phone to people in the states. I don't have to get a new phone because my village now has cell phone service with my phone plan, but we don't have running water or a house. Awesome.
Miss you all. I'm going back into the bushes for a couple more weeks and will try to upload more pictures again. I haven't received any mail because our shuttle didn't come through Selibaby this month. Keep your fingers crossed for next month! :) I miss you all. Hope that all is well. Mmuah.