I really enjoy Sundays in Bambey. There's almost nothing going on and it's nice to just hang out (not like I don't do enough of that during the day). At one point during an afternoon of Senegalese music videos and tea, I helped Youssou fix his bike (now I think I need to teach him how to ride it). And then, the inevitable happened. Miriam was braiding my hfmom's hair and asked if she could braid mine next. I have been firmly against this from the beginning for a number of reasons, mostly because 1. it looks ridiculous and 2. I've been told it really hurts. Today, however, I finally gave in. Miriam's always been so nice to me and I could see she really wanted to. It didn't end up hurting that much and, thankfully, it started undoing as soon as she was finished. Sure, I looked ridiculous, but who was around to see me?
I also managed to fix my own bike (this air pump is hard to work with) so I might be riding to Thies on Tuesday and back on Wednesday... who knows, we'll see how I feel. Tomorrow I'm off to the women's training center to see if I can finally gee these classes started!
ba suba,
KO
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Wish I couldve seen you in those braids! Hope I will be seeing some more Senegalese Katherine pics! Hope you are having some memorable experiences, and we really miss you here! We love you, Tara
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