This week has been an emotional one.
The volunteer I replaced left on Monday, and things went downhill briefly after that. My hostmom doesn't handle stress in constructive ways, and I took an emotional blow that afternoon, when she voiced her opinion that I will not, ever, understand Tashlheit.
That was, far and away, my lowest point in country thus far.
Things were slowly improving on Tuesday night, and when word of our consolidation exercise arrived on Wednesday morning, I was ready again to face the world.
If things go awry while we're in-country, the Peace Corps has established Consolidation Points for volunteers. We got official notice of a consolidation drill on Wednesday morning, and it turned out to be a refreshing overnight stay in the next province over from mine. It really served to recharge my batteries and remind me that I am making great strides in, well, everything... and I'm very grateful that it came when it did.
Also, I happened to make a lot of friends on that trip, receiving multiple phone numbers and business cards from people that wanted to have me over for tea after I returned home. I was surprised at how social a taxi ride can be, but I shouldn't be; Morocco is known for its hospitality.
Speaking of, in the middle writing this post at my favorite cyber, I was invited to have lunch at a friend's house before heading to the dar shebab (youth center)... so I must run.
Ar imik, inshaAllah!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
you SAID it! there is a swedish girl here now who´s been here for a while and speaks spanish soo well since she´s been in spain for months, and they like her so much as she knows what to do etc. etc. i am afraid to have her leave soon for the same reasons - they are attached to her and i don´t know how they´ll react to being without her! also, i feel like i don´t meet any of their expectations and i just feel so frustrated constantly... i hope things get better for you, well, for us both it seems! oh man, i really wish i could talk to you now!
ReplyDeletematt (i´m not signed in since it takes too long to do so on this site - slow internet!)