hello all, today i finished up my interviews for my research project... i interviewed a woman writer here in dakar and it was an amawing interview!!! she had so much to say that was really helpful and really fun for me to get to talk to her... now i just have to read all my research articles bah!! im going to start on that in a few minutes but i have to motivate myself... my motivation i think is hanging out with some people later tonight and getting to relax f...

hello all, as usual senegal is beautiful... unfortunately it is flu season here so i had to go to the doctor today which is not really fun... but thats okay it was comfortable, etc and i got a spray for my poor infected throat and some really really strong ibuprofen that is supposed to make the swelling go down... seems to be doing the trick... and for both of those meds... ten buckssss!!! can you believe it? thats without insurance etc covering a penny!!! sat n...

hello everyone!!!! sorry i have not posted much since ive been here! i am feeling very well today, especially since yesterday was absolutely horrible!!! i had a fever a couple of times plus i was still very stuffed up (ive had a head and chest cold for a few days now...) so yesterday i supposed was the sum of all of that... i notified my group leaders from home ... thank goodness yesterday was a free day!! and slept 16 hours between yesterday afternoon and last...

hey everyone!!! everything is going really well dont want those of you who havent heard from me yet to worry or anything. im having a blast the city and country are amazing but kinda different my host family is great i really enjoy their company and the great conversations we have together... have visited different places here in dakar... downtown (which is totally nuts haha) different neighborhoods and goree island which was where slaves where held for transpo...

hey everyone!!! everything is going really well dont want those of you who havent heard from me yet to worry or anything. im having a blast the city and country are amazing but kinda different my host family is great i really enjoy their company and the great conversations we have together... have visited different places here in dakar... downtown (which is totally nuts haha) different neighborhoods and goree island which was where slaves where held for transpo...