The traveling was all surprisingly easy. We made it to Thies ( pronounced chess, so sorry for misinforming everyone). No one ended up in Detroit so I guess that means I was a decent group leader. We checked in 5 hrs early so plenty of time to eat.
Medium rare burger, w/ pepper jack and bacon, fries and malt vinegar paired with a tasty stout…YUM….but don’t worry the food I’ve had here so far is good too. For dinner there was spaghetti with cheese (yes cheese!!!) and a sauce, that reminded me of skyline, just spicier.
So now that you are all assured I am eating well, I can tell you about the training site. It’s a little gated compound with about 10 small building. I’ll try to post pictures eventually. The staff of course seems great and I was very excited to hear that there will be many PC vs staff football games. There is also a volleyball net, so I’m bummed I didn’t pack the badminton rackets. :( Hopefully they will have some here. There were also some guys drumming before dinner, which turned into a goofy white people dance party. This has to be one of their favorite things about us arriving. The lead drummer was showing us dance moves; really silly ones that look like where showing off our huge muscles or sticking out our butts. And the Senegalese staff would erupt in laughter every time we did these “dance moves.” I’m betting these are not real moves and he’s teaching us their version of the sprinkler or something. I’m hoping the years of my horrendous dancing in college have prepared me for the embarrassment that will ensue every time I dance here. I guess something never change
In a little bit of bad news, I did get a little sick and threw up after dinner. I’m perfectly fine and feel great now, actually a lot better not that I threw up. I’m pretty sure it was just nerves mixed with being tired, taking my malaria medicine and eating more pasta then I should have. It was slightly funny though because a bunch of girls were in the bathroom and I could tell I was going to hurl, but no one was sure of the etiquette. Puke outside in the brush or over the toilet? Big decision. The toilet was the lucky winner…to be safe. I’ll have to ask that question for tomorrow.
On that lovely note, I’m off to bed. It’s cooled down a bit and I’m pleasantly tired. All the tests are tomorrow so I may get more insight into where I may be or what I’ll be doing.
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