1st semester

In the words of Grandma Woiak I am one semester down three to go.

I realized that I have now been in Morocco for half a year. It still feels like I just got here. I have been in my own house for about a month and I am finally starting to have places for things and have things in a working order. I have some what of a routine and I even have an idea of when we will have water and when we don't, so it's not such a surprise any more. I was thinking back at all the things I have learned so far and trying to come up with a list of accomplishments, which is kind of hard to do. The things I would put on there are completely different than things that I would put on there if I was in the states and some of them are very odd. Although I think that I can sum it up by saying that I have learned how to live outside of my comfort zone. Way outside of my comfort zone. I have learned that almost everything that I have done up to this point has been helpful. Knowing how to sew and crochet has given me an in with the women in one of my associations, knowing theatre and music makes the darchebab kids want to hang out with me, knowing about world knowledge and politics has kept me in conversations with other volunteers, knowing how to clean an animal helps me realize what I am eating, and knowing how to cook keeps my host family wondering what I am going to bring over next. The funny thing on this that on this list there isn't much on it that I learned in college. I think that those skills are needed in the second semester of Peace Corps. When I have to start figuring out what things I want to leave behind and what I my kids get out of my being here. I'm not really sure where second semester will take me, but I am so excited for it to start! :)