I can see the light....hmmm maybe! ;)

Well here is your update! It is raining cats and dogs! It is raining more this year that it did last year, I think. I mean buckets and buckets, high winds, lightning that lights up the sky, thunder that will make you think a truck has fallen in your front yard! It is currently raining right now! It started at 2pm and I have class at 3pm-5pm. I cannot get out of my front door because there is a flood. No zem will pick me up-everyone has run for cover! This is serious stuff here! I mean people lost roofs, trees fell, and floods have caused another cholera outbreak! What can you do? You can write another blog, read a book, and think about those quizzes to be graded or maybe have a cup of tea since you can’t make it to school. Test week starts next week (June 4th). I have one more day of classes (Thursday) and then the dreaded test grading week! UGH! On the bright side, I have been able to go to some ceremonies including a seamstress diploma ceremony and a baptism for Geraldine all in on weekend! It was a busy one, but a fun one! At the seamstress diploma ceremony, we greeted the new seamstress-her name is Maman Kayla-and we gave her some money, took pictures, danced, people drank sodabi (not me! It is nasty) and play with the twin girls and some other children. At the baptism, we ate some rice, drank a sprite and took some pictures with presents everyone gave (we gave a photo album-thought it would be useful) and then said good bye in local language-azandee (see you later)! The rain is still coming down just to let you know….I don’t understand it-I really need to have my own vehicle here in Benin. It would make life so much easier…but then again, I would probably get it stuck in the mud with all this RAIN! On the bright bright side, it is nice and cool and I am enjoying that! I can sleep peacefully through the night, not have so much heat rash (still get it sometimes) and drink some tea or hot chocolate! It all works out one way or another. Okay, so I know you are all waiting for the information that is coming right up! I will be finishing my service here in Peace Corps on August 20th, 2012. I will be travelling to Spain to see my friend, Oxana and her husband who I have been dying to meet since college! I will be staying there for two weeks (I believe) and two days in Paris! I have to get this traveling in since I will be poor for a very long time with student loans, etc. But before I leave, I have some unfinished business. I am taking two 4eme girls to Cotonou for “Take Our Daughters to Work Day” and some boys to Ouidah for the boys’ camp. And last but not least, I am having my dance competition in the end of June or beginning of July. We are working on prizes and final paperwork things at the moment. Further updates coming your way! Keep a countdown!! I will start counting in July! Xoxo Okay, so I ended up getting to go to school yesterday! It stopped raining 2 minutes before I was supposed to be there. Go figure! Haha! It was good to get class in though seeing how the test week is next week. It was really muddy, but the sun came out a little. I was able to find a zem and pay 100cfa (20 cents) to get to school. Of course when I got to school, my classroom on Tuesday afternoons is out in the boonies and is an outdoor schoolroom. That means it rained in the classroom. The desks were wet and muddy (I don’t know how the mud happened, but anyways) and of course the students were running late. That happens when they all have to walk to school slipping and sliding in the mud! We were able to start class 30 minutes late which was a good time. The students worked hard to get into their seats and start writing their notes from the board. They can be talkative at times, but they tend to be on time and ready to learn. So, it is Wednesday now and I woke up at 7am and started organizing the grades for quizzes and tests for the students in my notebook. I also completed grading quizzes for two classes all by noon. I was able to cook some eggs and have an omelet sandwich in the process. So I got my protein and energy for the day. It rained again today-poured buckets-for about one hour. I have to go to the radio and record some “English Time” shows with my homologue if he is “AVAILABLE.” He is difficult to work with sometimes as he says he can do something and then he changes the plans right at the last minute. He is always in a hurry and there are other difficulties as well. Maybe he just wasn’t cut out for the job or maybe I have to be more patient. Probably a little of both! We have recorded 10 shows thus far and will possibly do another 4 today. We are going to try to make it to 52 but we will do the best that we can! I am going to chill with Timone and Kea for a little while and head over to the radio at 2pm. Well, my homologue did not make it to the radio today and he decided NOT to call me and let me know. I love just waiting around for people not to come. It makes me feel so warm and cozy inside….maybe my blood is just a little hot! So, if anyone knows me well, you know exactly what I did! Take a second! I called him, used my credit, my money to ask him why he has not shown up and if he thinks that it is responsible not to call someone when you can’t make it. He just laughed and said “Merci!” Patience, Kayla! Anyways, I called him and told him he can come Sunday at 5pm. Maybe, he will come. The radio is just important to me and I want to leave enough for when I am gone in the USA. I guess I have done well so far-have not given up yet!