Likes/ Dislikes

THINGS I WILL NOT NOT NOT NOT MISS UPON ARRIVAL TO america

-pee on my feet
-pee splatter redirecting to my face... All due to turkish toilets
-Senegalese women (except a few... emphasis on FEW)
-Non-flush toilets
-Central Medicale... the med center... which sucks.
-the resto and it's bad food.
-crazy seller men.
-cooking on a hot plate
-hand shaking... hugs? kiss greetings? That's all I ask for!
-The dirty market to get into town...
-bad conversations lasting forever but never talking about anything substantial.
-people not sitting with me at the resto because thye think i'm diseased.
-being called red ears (kind of a slur... depends on how they say it)
-people thinking i'm rich
-kittens... that are dying constantly.
-soccer video games
-mean baayfalls
-saturday classes
-friday classes
-not knowing how to clean
-TUMBLE WEAVE. I will not go on a rant on how much I hate weave.

THINGS I WILL MISS UPON RETURN TO AMERICA ThE BEAUTIFUL..

-Friends (MODOU FALL, STEVENS LESCOUFLAIR)
-singing circles (their praise song time) as long as they aren't outside my window.
-seeing Joleen, Hannah and Andrew everyday.
-Yangi noos and A qui de droit (the two guys who work at the resto)
-a good ceebu-jeen bu xonq (fish and rice... red style)
-THakri (a yogurt item)
-Mangoes.
-ceebu yapp (meat and rice)
-not having to pretend i have Jbiebs...
-cheikh my tailor... if he gets my stuff done by tomorrow
-Pont Faidherbe (saint louis'big bridge)
-eating out of the same bowl.
-going into town on a hot day.
-new boutique and ISA the guy who runs it.
-Naman naa la!
-baby Ibrahima
-Baydallaye Kane (he's amazing!)
-breakfast costing 20cents
-senegalese accent in french, so much better than the parisian one.
-being albbe to get amazing pastries for 1.20
-the crazies: I WANT MONEY. I WANT WIFE. No? how about you?!
-The talibes (beggar children) on campus... super cute.
-funny baay falls who don't think i'm rich!
-bissap (tea, juice, however!)_
-SUN!

With under 50 days to go, i want to embrace the time I have left while looking forward to my return... so that's what I'm going to dO!!!!!!!!!

love you

kate