On our way to our site

Last Saturday was a very busy day. I had awakened very early to wash my sheets early enough so that they would dry before I departed for Mahole's Hoek. I needed a good three to four hours to allow them to dry. I spent most of the early morning hours stepping outside to check if it were overcast as it there had been a huge storm overnight and the clouds were lingering. Fortunately, it did not rain at all and my sheets had dried before we departed.

Saturday was our our trial language exam. The Language Teachers had built this up so much that most of us were anxiously studying and quite nervous about the outcome. I, too, was overly eager to do well. I decided, however, to make sure my rondaval was in order, that all of my belongings were in order and mostly importantly, that I knew where things were. Hence, I did not study at all for my language exam. I chose to let go of being nervous and just do the best I was able. In all honesty, it went very well. I spoke quite fluently with my limited Sesotho and I understood every single question I was asked. I was pleasantly surprised.

We departed for Mahole's Hoek around 2PM where we would be meeting our Supervisors and Introductory Liaisons for the first time. We had gotten our assignments, but we yet to meet our Supervisors. What a delight to us all to arrive at a beautiful hotel with a swimming pool (I would not swim in it as it has not been treated with chlorine), a tennis court (I wish I had brought my racket!), and most importantly for most of us, a gym room.  Granted, it is sparse as far as equipment goes, but hey, those of us who have frequented the gym have been enchanted with the weights, the punching bag and the space to exercise.

Speaking of which….a couple of PCT (there are way too many acronyms with the Peace Corps; PCT stands for Peace Corps Trainees) have started a Sandal Camp regime to give us all some ideas of exercise to keep us in shape while at site. These two have attended every single one of my yoga classes (I am so happy to have taught 5 classes already!) and I really feel that I should support them. That is the wrong attitude to take because these two are going to do the regime whether I am there or not.