It's been a while...

Okay, so last week at site I realized that I was in Farjara for two whole weeks and I never published a blog entry once while I was here. I'm not sure why either. It's not like I didn't spend 6+ hours a night on facebook.
I actually have been writing blog entries in my journal at site, so I'll leave all of that stuff for when I come again next weekend for Jenni's birthday party. Exciting topics for future blogs: visiting Shayla at her site, hanging out in Farjara for Amanda's birthday, and most exciting of all, my infected finger!!!
I didn't plan on even coming here this weekend, but some times the most exciting things happen randomly. Last Monday I went to Amanda's site to hang out and keep her company. On Thursday we decided to come down to Farjara because Jenni was coming in for an infection on her nose. (Jenni is now officially the Queen of Med Hold!!) It took Amanda and I like 1.5 hours to even get a gele out of her site. Jenni who lives almost 3 hours from Amanda actually road past us on a gele, and she only got about an one hour start on us. Then we had to ride the ferry. I've actually only done this at night, so it was fun to actually see my surroundings. We sat up on the top deck, and it sort of felt like we were on a family cruise or something. While we were rock hopping, (literally we were because it had rained and the area was flooded so we had to jump cinder block to cinder block to avoid the standing water) some guy shouted "hey gambian toubab" to me. That was pretty cool because I guess I am sort of starting to belong now. I was wearing a wrap skirt to my ankles and a t-shirt that was at least 2 sizes too big, so I really didn't look much like a tourist. I'm sure that my hair was standing up as well. It always seems to be here.
While on the ferry we met another volunteer and her parents, so we spent some time talking with them. They were getting taxis already, so they invited us to just ride from Banjul to Farjara with them. That was really nice because it saved us a lot of money and hassle! Jenni was waiting for us at the ferry so she got a ride too. Amanda and I road with "the parents." They were both really cool, and we've actually seen them many times this weekend, and they are both really nice people! Amanda and Jenni went to the office and both got med hold, so we have just been hanging out all weekend. It's been nice to just hang out with both of them. We've watched some Alias, and spent time online. My two favorite things to in Farjara!!! We're all pretty poor right now because we are saving money for our trip to Spain and Morocco in December, so we spent as little money as possible. It's actually possible to pay for majority of the trip if you spend almost no money each month. It's been interesting, but the trip will really be worth it.
We are flying out of Dakar around midnight on December 1st. We will just take a gele from the Gambia to Dakar, Senegal. It was a lot cheaper to do it this way!!! We'll spend a couple of days in Madrid, and then head down to Morocco via Easy Jet. I think that we are flying into Marrakesh, but don't quote me on that. To save money we are not checking a bag on that flight, so I am just going to wear all my clothes on the flight then change out of them once we arrive. I think that the flight is about one hour, so it shouldn't be too bad. I'm still not entirely sure what we are doing while we are there. Jenni knows some guys there that run a tour company, so I think that we are just tagging along with them. We may even get to ski!!! I may see snow for the second time (not counting living in IL as a baby) in my whole life!!! We are also planning on eating at Pizza Hut, McDonald's, and KFC (yes there is actually one there) while in Spain. We also plan on eating the street food, but at that point it'll have been almost one year since we've had familiar food. Keep your fingers crossed that they'll have fountain soda!!!
I'll post more about the trip when I actually know more about what is going on. I think that the whole thing will be a lot of fun, and I can't wait!!! I'll also post the entries that I have been writing at site next week.
Have a good week everyone, and look for me next Friday or Saturday!!!