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Yes, I have allergies. They suck as usual. But I’m happy to know that it’s not just me, the forienger having these allergies. My host bro has them too. We complain to eachother in my broken Arabic about how much they suck. But besides that, everything has been going. Going slow that is. I’m not really sure what I do with my days but they seem to pass by pretty quick considering I have no “work” yet.
My job for this first phase is just to get to know my community, my host family and try to “intergrate”. So thus far, I’ve been in site for like two weeks. I’ve managed to become addicted to “Diablo”, a novela translated into Arabic, had a jam session with my neighbors, met some random people, met some teachers and the director of the high school, met the Caid, walk around town and down to the river, currently teaching my host bro guitar, eating WAY too much food, getting laughed at, trying to apply for my Moroccan ID card, had tea with some shady dude (mistake! but the tea was sooo good), napped a lot, washed laundry on my roof and yeah that might be it. Seems like a lot when I try to write it all down but I know it’s just gonna get more busy when I actually have projects to work on. Now it’s just intergration time!!
I miss GLEE like you wouldn’t believe. But lucikly I have the best little bro in the world who keeps me updated on the music! Hope he and Karen have an awesome time at the concert! SOOO JEALOUS! But besides Glee, I don’t really miss TV too much. Made me realize that I only ever watched the news, Glee and Bones lol. I mean of course Food Network and my favorite Paula Dean!!!
Swearing in was awesome! The ceremony was short and sweet and there was AC! It’s amazing this whole AC thing. I love it and miss it lol. It is just now starting to get hot but it’s not even summer yet and the worst of it is yet to come. I’m nervous that I might melt from walking around everywhere or having to wait forever for a taxi. Sometimes I can get a taxi quick and other times no. But even then, you are squished beyond belief in the taxi. 4 in the back and 3 in the front. Clearly not the same in the States. AND no seatbelts! Weird.
Language has been going pretty well. Verb conjugations are hard sometimes and trying to say words correctly gets hard. But it’s fun learning and actually talking to my family and other people in town. Once you get over being embarrassed, shy and scared (which I’m not completely over yet), it gets easier and you can really start to enjoy the people and the situation completely. I look forward to that day!
Well that’s all for now. Gotta get on the train with Colin to Fes for some Peace Corps work stuff. Later days!
-Soco
