Cold Showers and faulty plumbing!

Life goes on in Senegal! Classes continue…assignments pile up and exams loom ahead. We seem to have fallen into real life student mode and it feels quite nice. I am a little nervous about exams given that most will likely be oral exams and that means talking to a professor and trying to coherently explain what I have learned. That shouldn’t be too hard in most classes but what in the world will I do for my development durable where I honestly feel I have learned about 5 minutes worth of material….hmmm

What is exciting is that after the exams we have a bit of a break and then we can finally get back on the road and explore Senegal a little more. We haven’t quite figure out where we will go (or who will go) but likely south. Before that though we will head south and east to a town called Touba. Touba is the site of a yearly pilgrimage/festival for followers of the Mouride Brotherhood (an Islamic sect). Apparently thousands of people come to this town and bring massive amounts of gifts for the leaders. It is basically just a big party for the weekend with everyone in good spirits and friendly! It is on February 14th. I am not sure where we will stay but I hope it is somewhere with a hot shower…

I love this country and this campus and I am so happy to be here but if there is one thing that makes me cringe inside every time I think about it, it is cold showers. Those of you that know me well no I am not any kind of princess that needs fancy living situations but when you wake up in the morning and it is windy and grey outside and you know you have a cold shower waiting for you….ugh!

The benefit is that my water consumption is way down because the solution to cold showers – don’t take them! ☺ You can also reduce your water consumption when your sink and drain become plugged because there is NO chance the plumber will show up quickly…it will take a least a few weeks for your schedules to coordinate! In that time you can save a whole lot of water!!

Well – you know that life is pretty relaxed when my biggest story to share is about my faulty plumbing. So on that note….