Saturday, March 2, 2013

For the First Time - Part Sita

My awesome February firsts:

•   First time visiting Bongoyo Island.
•   First time in Morogoro.
•   First time seeing hippos and crocodiles in the wild.

On the way to Bongoyo Island.
Mikumi National Park

Sunny Days

I have lived in four different places in Dar Es Salaam, and each time my daily schedule has been a little different. My current daily schedule looks something like this:

5:30 AM      Wake up 
6:30 AM      Leave for school 
7:30 AM     Arrive at school 
8:10 AM     School starts 
10:50 AM   Tea time 
12:40 PM    Lunch time 
3:15 PM      Leave for home 
4:00 PM      Arrive home 
7:30 PM      Eat dinner 
10:00 PM    Bedtime 

 The school day runs from 8:10 to 2:40 with two breaks, one from 10:50-11:20 for tea, and one from 12:40-1:20 for lunch. Each lesson block lasts forty minutes. This is my typical Tuesday through Friday schedule. On Monday nights I go to a bible study for women. I go into town early to sit at a coffee shop and read a little. The bible study runs from 5:30 to 7:30, then my roommate, and fellow YAV, Nicole, and I get a ride home with one of the women who live in the same area we do. On Mondays we arrive home around 9 PM, so we quickly eat dinner and go to bed. I know my dad will never believe it, but I actually consider sleeping until 7 sleeping in now!