16.10.07

ok yesterday i got a bite on my elbow and then an ugly rash that streched up to my armpit happened over night but then it got better and i dont have to go to the doctor and get my right arm amputated after all. thank goodness. other than that there was a goat, well apparently they're actually hairless sheep that look like goats, that was making some weirdo noises in the street for a very long time last night. in french we call them moutons. the power KEPT going out last night...well, all day yesterday for that matter but you really only notice at night when everything goes dark and dreary. my host dad, papito, was finally in a good mood yesterday though he warned me if i let someone convert me to islam, they will marry me only to come back to the US and start a new sect there and divorce me and it will all be in hopes of a visa. EVERYONE wants a visa here...oh well, i am not interested in bringing back any new friends. mosquitoes bite alot here, and they're fast little buggers too. not joking, considering the number of bites i have already i am doomed to catch le palu (malaria). not coolio at all. my new religion is called doxycycline. the daily antibiotic that should ward off the malaria parasites sitting in my liver. i hope. every morning i have to take one of those big bad boys with my hot powdered milk and bread and butter. oh yeah, the food, shoot. i luckily still don't have much of an appetite but oh man, the day it happens, let's hope i can practice some restraint like the muslims practice because it is SO fatty!!! oh boy oh boy, and papito YELLS if his food is too fatty for his achy heart. he says noises make his heart palpitate more and every morning he goes for a walk and every time he finishes his walk he thinks he is sick and has to go to the doctor but only ACTUALLY makes it there about twice a month. my little 7 year old host brother told me my host mom, mamichou, gives papito money for medicine but he doesn't buy medicine. that is all for now folks. jamm ak jamm (peace and peace). i will give you a wolof word/ phrase on occasion.