Mbam diggity

Monday morning is the day! How exciting! I can't wait to get out of Dakar and see another way of living here. I could use a bit of a break. I really haven't ever lived in a big city and I think I will appreciate a few weeks of calm and quiet in a smaller village. I have heard only good things about Mbam and the family that I will be living with. I really have no idea what to expect, which is really part of the fun. I will try to post some updates because I think that I will end up with some good stories, but if I fail I will be typing journals and will try to post them later.

So basically I may or may not have internet access, but hopefully I will be able to recount some epic tales of adventure at the end. 

Right now most MSID students (myself included) are really making a lot of excuses to spend money on delicious things. Last night I ate pizza for dinner and a hamburger for lunch. Hamburgers are so delicious here! Usually the most basic hamburgers come with egg, cheese, ketchup, and french fries all on the bun with the burger. So good. So basically I am bleeding money, but then again I can't really complain about $20 weekends because I usually spend that at school. And I am in Senegal having fun! I think tonight I am going to try to go see a concert by Daara J, a well-known Senegalese hip hop artist, tonight. 

Also of news lately, Dakar has little to no natural gas/propane available. This is very unfortunate because it means that the power has been spotty (and that's being generous) and today my family has been cooking with charcoal. Charcoal cooking is slow and much more annoying than cooking with gas. My mother has been grumpy all day. Also the streets have been full of people toting around heavy gas tanks, wandering from boutique to boutique in search of some cooking fuel. Really lame Dakar. Good thing I am leaving for Mbam!