Sunday, 2 March 2014

Spring/English Camp is Over!

It's March. Are you kidding me?

I haven't really had time, nor internet, to keep up with this blog like I intended to so here is what you missed. 

  • One shower, this morning. (Literally check out the date on that last blog post and let me know how you feel about that).
  • One henna night, which was exactly as awesome as it sounds…pictures will follow. 
  • One spring camp. Picture being in control of 40 children who speak a language that isn't your first for a full week, during which you are to plan everything they do. That was exactly as overwhelming as it sounds, and definitely made me wish away some of my CBT time.
  • A lot of really killer meals. 
  • Me and my 7 training pals doing the YMCA and the makerena on stage in a room full of Moroccan youth.
  • Me realizing that actively doing something taxing for two years without getting really paid is only frustrating because I would love to get paid and use the money on the kids, and money makes shit soooo much easier here just as it does in the US. 
  • Salliemae denying my economic hardship deferment that is supposed to be guaranteed because they didn't process the paperwork within thirty days of the application. If your head just exploded, just know that mine is currently also running amok, and I am working out a solution that doesn't involve leaving this program or destroying my credit. 
  • Me realizing some of the many many things I don't know. Including but not limited to: singing, dancing, pop music in general, origami, how to play every silly hand game I have ever seen played, how to cook a well balanced meal that can sit for days and is great to eat at every temperature, how to spice things in general, how to explain my religious beliefs without offending those around me in perfect Darija, how to tactfully explain that I am super hungry, how to explain why I wear eyeliner (shit I wish I knew the actual answer to that), how to unawkwardly explain that I really am not looking for a husband, REALLY not, oh and also… FRENCH, jeez do I wish I knew French.
That's it. Not too much. 
I'll write a real post in the next few days (read: week)


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