Well folks, my first Namibian birthday was wonderful! My
coworkers sang for me, I created a magical carrot cake in my cooking hut,
allowed myself unrestricted access to all my package goodies for the day, and
got to talk to my mom! :)
One of the reasons I love birthdays is that a birthday is
like your very own New Years celebration (I realize it’s NOT my very own, I
share it with millions of other people…but humor me!). So, while I rarely (if
ever) make New Years resolutions, I do frequently create birthday resolutions
for myself. Some of you may remember my 20th birthday when I decided
to try vegetarianism for a year (and I did it!) and last year I decided (just a
bit after my birthday) to join the Peace Corps.
This year I have two. The first is to become
conversationally fluent in Rukwangali over the next year. The second is to join
the ranks of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). NaNoWriMo is an online
community of creatively insane people who think it’s a good idea to try to
write a novel (of more than 50 thousand words) in the course of a month. It
just happens to be November… so over the next 30 days I’ll be trying to put
down a first draft of my yet untitled novel. :) I’ll keep you posted on how
that goes! (If you want to check it out go to nanowrimo.org!)
As for the first resolution, I’m studying hard! I had my
second tutoring session with Maxima yesterday. She is amazing! She has the
wonderful ability to strike a balance between praise, encouragement, and
good-natured threats that is thoroughly motivating! Which is good, because the
first week of December I’ll have my third LPI (language proficiency interview)
to assess my progress.
Well, that’s all for now! I’m planning to upload another
picture heavy post this weekend while I’m in town, so look for that soon!
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