Back in Action

With the house computer down for a couple of months I have been in the dark on what is happening in the world  but now with full internet capabilities regular post shall begin. I finished up in Dakar and went back to village were I ended the rainy season  with two weeks of never being dry (Yuk). Now that cold season is upon us I am wondering around in wonderful dry heat and 75 degree temperatures at night. Most of my work has been in the schools so far and a little bit in with the women's garden. Although most days you will find me sitting under a tree in my compound reading a book or going out to the fields to help my brothers with the peanut harvest. The harvest in it's self is quite odd it involves pulling the peanuts out of the ground and the putting them in piles, letting them dry and then putting them in a bigger pile, letting that dry, and finally putting them back into little piles and shaking out the peanuts. Why? I don't know but I do find it interesting that that each one of these steps has a different verb describing it. I also now have a good grasp on the language and have answered one of my main questions since I first got to this country, What is everyone talking about in everyday life? Answer the price of rice/peanuts, girls, and who is lazy in the village/si si. Completely mundane stuff that dose not really matter, who knew. Tabaski came and went the exact same way Koritie did only this time we killed a sheep and I stopped eating the meat after two days. It seems to me that all the holidays are celebrated the same way get dressed up eat and greet people that's it. and as soon as I win my battle with thorns attacking my bike tires I will be able to venture out in to the wonderful sand and explore the villages around me with in biking distance.