Many nights are spent chilling out, since we all have to be up at the crack of dawn. Previously, this was a lot of time in the common room chatting, playing cards/boggle, and reading. We still do that, but now we have the World Cup games to go watch at bars or in the TV room, not to mention internet access which has cut down our need to be social with each other.
However, my favorite weeknights are hanging out with Carol, who I've talked about a lot because she's my Botswana buddy.
Last week Carol offered to cook my suite a traditional meal including pap, seasoned greens, beef, and fat cakes. Fat cakes are basically like donuts except not as sweet, but still very good and extremely filling. I actually like traditional food here a lot, though getting used to eating it with my hands, which people don't do when they buy it from street vendors but they do at home, took some getting used to.
Also, on a different night last week Carol showed me how to tie my scarf around my head the traditional way Batswana women do (meaning she tied it for me because we all know I lack the coordination to do it myself). It doesn't look right on me because my hair is "too slippery" so I don't think I'll be adopting this fashion when I return to the States, but I really like how it looks on women here!
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