I have been known to be a bit of a germaphobe. So when we first got to Africa I was sanitizing every 5 min. and offering sanitizer to the people at the restaurant that were cooking my food…lol.. Well we have been here a little over 4months and I am calming down. All over Essaouira, they have men who grill meat outside on the street. The meat hangs out in a unrefrigerated case, the same guy who is handing the meat in handling the vegetables and the money. Yeah, that has sickness written all over it. So today I wanted to be a little Adventurous, so I ordered a chicken sandwich from one of the sidewalk meat guys. It was really good!!! It has been 2hours and I can still feel my fingers, so maybe I have built up an African immunity…. We will see??  To be continued…..

Also today Wednesday (mercredi in French) is my busiest day; I teach 3 classes and getting ready to add a 4^th. So I was in desperate need of a bath. But I have not seen a bath tub since I’ve been here. So I took something like a bath in the wash pan. Yes the wash pan….lol…. You know on those old movies where people light their homes with candles, well in those movies the woman have these big wash tubs, you only can get your butt in it..lol.. The top part of my body was out and my legs and I kept pour water on myself to keep from being cold. I kept laughing when I was in there thinking if people could see me now. But I can’t front it was great!!! I felt so relaxed and clean. Then Maheeyah came into the bathroom and said “what are you going mommy?? You are too big to be in there??”… Then she starting laughing and pointing with the door open, letting all the cold air in…. you can always count on a little kid to burst your bubble. My life has changed so much since I’ve been here….I even learned how to wash my own clothes in that funny little machine. I love my life here is Essaouira!!!!