Language Lessons

ihma lhal - it's hot
sahd - oppressive heat
ilheef - hot wind

99 degrees in my bedroom at night and 125 in the sun. Last week the breeze was still a relief, but this week the ilheef has arrived so the breeze makes it feel like you're getting blasted from an oven. So far I have about 3 inches of water in my rooftop baby pool, but even that heats up so is really only tolerable in the morning. That's also probably as much water as it is going to get because my water now only runs sometime between midnight and 6am. Summer is here.

Classes are mostly finished. The Dar Chebab has been getting some work done on it for the last couple months so I was holding classes at the women's center, but schools are letting out so the klids have mostly stopped coming. The Dar Chebab is looking really nice though! So I am hoping to have a big old opening party when everyone comes back. Soccer practices are still happening, but we tend to tire out quickly in the heat.

Many of the families in town will be travelling in the summer. They go visit family nearby or up north in Casablanca. At the same time they are replaced by what sounds like A LOT of people whose roots are here, but who now live up North or in Europe and come for a little bit of time during the summer. I've been told that in August if you want anything basic from the hanut (store) like milk, bread or eggs, you have to go in the morning because with the influx of people the hanuts run out in the afternoon. Luckily, I get a reprieve from much of the supposed mad house because youth development volunteers work at an English immersion summer camp on the coast.

Quick update on thelast 2 months: I ran in a 10k in Casablanca called the "Course Feminine," a race for women and girls. My mama and brother came to visit and were there to support me and some of my fellow volunteers and then they took me on a fabulous trip around the country. I went to IST (In service training) for Peace Corps where I heard lots of great ideas from my fellow volunteers and got a lot of inspiration for the next school year.