I thought that was a nice overly dramatic title of my post continuing from yesterdays post. To clarify, beaten and bruised refers to my arms, which took a bit of a hit the other day at volleyball practice. Last week I decided to check out the volleyball team, which we were told included both guys and girls. Unfortunately, the girls on the team seem to be invisible, so it was a few Americans and several very tall Senegalese men trying to hurt me with volleyballs for two hours. I went to torture, sorry I mean practice, two days in a row last week and decided I would take a few days off and give my bruises time to turn fun colors. Although it sounds like I didn't enjoy the practice, it was actually pretty fun and nice to be active and meeting some new people. I was originally hoping for some kind of team where I could meet some nice girls and keep active, but the teams with girls don't seem to really exist so I think I'll stick with volleyball. Practice itself is held either on an outdoor court next to my village, or in the gym, which is a fairly nice building with lots of space for karate/basketball/volleyball and free weights. The outdoor venue turned out to be a little trickier because of a nearby sewage leak that seemed to be a magnet for runaway volleyballs. Yeah, it's about as gross as it sounds...
Besides volleyball i've been having fun with my choir of two people, although last sunday was a little rough when I forgot how most of the songs went. Plus, I went to Bible study again this week where the boys decided we would follow a pre-planned study about relationships and sexuality, as if my life didn't already encompass enough awkward, but I'm sure it will be very interesting. One of the guys there decided that I'm going to be his new guitar teacher, not really sure how that will work out since I have no idea how to play guitar, but I didn't want to pass up the opportunity to make a friend so I volunteered Elise to teach him (she doesn't know yet, but when the Malaria's gone...) Life with my roommate Juliette is always interesting, she usually has lots to say about really random things. Last night she informed me that she has watched the movies, "I know what you did last summer (1 and 2), "scream" (1-3), and about 50 other horror films i've never heard of. She's definitely a unique character. Recently, she joined the Catholic students choir, which I think she loves because she sings even more than before, which was all the time.
That's a little bit of what I've been up to. Alot of the time I don't discuss is filled with stuff like reading, sitting on benches and people/donkey watching, going to town and mulling around, and just having random experiences. Talk to ya'll soon!
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Sounds like the "rest" of your time is spent as anyone spends their time, other than donkey watching. I am not surprised, considering you are in a Muslim country that there are no women on the volleyball team but glad to hear you are enjoying it. Please find out how Elise caught malaria since she is suppose to be taking drugs, etc so you don't come down with it which I understand is a lifetime illness once caught. We're expecting a bad snowstorm tomorrow - you remember snow? That white horrid stuff that does wonders to cars? Yuk! I am sure that is one thing you don't miss about home. Take care and enjoy your daily adventures.
I hope that your friend gets better! My dad had to take malaria preventative pills before he went to China (he hasn't really needed them, but we just wanted to be safe).
I hope all else is well!! Sounds like you're having the adventure of a lifetime! Coming back to Madison is going to be so boring after all that, lol!
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