Not just any ordinary Sunday...

Happy Easter Everyone!!!!!!!!!! From the looks of facebook, the weather (in DC and CL) was beautiful today so I hope you all enjoyed such an awesome holiday.

My Easter was fine, nothing spectacular though the highlights include a phone call from Josh and loaded Kraft Mac and Cheese for dinner (including packaged salmon, dried veggies, extra cheese, plus some French wine). I went to mass at the cathedral in Kaolack this morning. I could have stayed at site and hoped the priest would show up at the church in Djilor, but I didn't want to take the chance and miss out on Easter mass. Pretty good music, but a good majority of the homily was in Wolof and I don't understand Wolof enough to follow it in such a situation and had to prevent myself from dreaming up clothes to have made. A bunch of babies were baptised and many kids also received their First Holy Communion (they didn't have an Easter Vigil service), so that was pretty cool. Though it didn't particularly feel like Easter (there weren't any events leading up to it, I was the only PCV celebrating it in Kaolack, plus Senegal is like 90% Muslim even though a lot of Sereres are Catholic, I just don't know many of them), it's amazing to know that no matter what, He rose so things can rock. Good day!

On a side note, I think a shopping trip is an order upon my return to the States after COSing next year. I really want some new cute stuff (I've been facebook stalking just to keep up on the fashions...I think I have a problem, lol) and that's been on my mind lately (hence the mentally designing clothes while in church...). I have plenty of village appropriate clothes, but am just looking forward to nice stuff again. Just 12 months to go--CRAZY!

Back to the village tomorrow for just 3 days, then up to Thies again. Lots of stuff coming up and my calendar is pretty booked, but that's a good feeling. I need to get on the same page with Marc before he leaves his village next week with regards to our latrine project, etc. Also this week, meeting with the Djilor middle school principal about the PC Scholarship program and meeting with the Sadioga middle school principal about bringing a sexual education program to the school. Lots and lots to do!