Alright...so, before I left I read many, many, many PCV blogs - and I vowed to update as often as possible to avoid those awkward gaps as much as possible. But now that I'm here, it's really hard to find motivation...
Subject matter is super abundant though! So I apologize in advance if this post is just as scattered as my last one was...time is a great commodity here - especially today! Tomorrow is our first LPI (language proficiency interview)! By US standards, it's insane to think that we're about to be tested on a language we just started less than two weeks ago. By Peace Corps standards....it's still insane. But I guess it takes a little insanity to become a volunteer, so the shoe fits.
Saturday was a big day here in PST - it was a cross-cultural day of new food, traditional dress, and radical experiences. My host family had a shitenge from Kavango (basically just a large and colorful piece of cloth) that I wore as a sort of wrap around skirt. It was pretty sweet :) We did all of the cooking outside, over open fires in big cast iron pots. It took most of the morning...we got there around 7:30, and the food wasn't finished until about 12:30. I tasted a wide range of new foods...and as adventurous of an eater as I've become - some things were a bit of a struggle. There were more mopane worms (boiled this time), cow stomach, and goat head, just to name a few menu items that didn't really strike my fancy. The curry chicken, spinach stew, and roasted bread were among the favorites. I also had a particular connection with the chicken we cooked... because I was among the few who decided to take part in the chicken slaughtering earlier that morning. It was definitely more life altering for the chicken than it was for me, but it WAS an experience.
Okay...that's all for now, but by Wednesday I'll have my LPI results AND my permanent site information, so check back soon :)
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