Journal Post 12/20

So. Today. I feel like I should feel more accomplished than I actually feel because I accomplished everything I wrote down on my agenda! First, I got ready and somewhere inbetween getting ready, Tyler and I thought it'd be a great idea to put all of Motley Crew into World of Warcraft race/class categories and give them special abilities/weaknesses/ and traits on a talent chart. We just RPG'd Peace Corps The Gambia, yes I understand how nerdy we are. I went out with my moms and grandma to the other Touray compounds and discovered that we have a lot of people in our clan. I also discovered that some people are pretty rich as in... tiled floors, fans, electricity, and refrigerators, WHAT? My moms left for work but my grandmother and I continued. I didn't get such a great map like I intended to because there's SO many people to greet! Slowly, slowly I guess. I'm thinking there's 3 phases: sensitization (getting my name out ther), making a map, asking questions for my baseline. I looked at my 3-month challenge agenda and pretty much balked. Guess I have to get started like five days ago. I came back, did some chores, ate lunch, went out to study for 2.5 hours, my community representative swung by to say hi, went inside to sweet and exercise, showered, dinnered, sat outside for a hot second before coming inside. I guess I'm going into the bush for tomorrow morning. My grandma told me to wear socks, haha. My brother has some friends over and they keep on trying to correct my Serehule and I'm like I knowwww I'm on it dude, slowly, slowly! I'm really trying to reclaim language because I swear I lost all that ability in Kombo and I'm really conscious of it. I basically speak in Serehule 99% of the day minus talking on the phone and all the men who want to talk to me in English but I respond in Serehule. I'm trying to learn 10 new words a day but it's really hard when my workbook isn't always right. I need to go out more in the morning, have the afternoon to myself, go back out again, come back inside, and go back out after dinner. I just have to find the perfect rhythm. Maybe I'll shoot for 9-1 greet people or 8-12 depending on my wake up time, lunch and some chores, 2-4 study outside, 4-5:30 exercise/shower, 5:30-6:30 chat outside, 6:30-8:30 free time/dinner, 8:30-9:30 outside? Tentative but it just might work!