Driving here has definitely been entertaining. All of my co-workers complement me on my driving skills, and ask if I was a professional driver back home. It’s funny that, even though I am a decade younger than most of them, I have been driving longer than all of them combined. Congolese roads, for better or…
View MoreIt has been a fun week or two. My conversational French is starting to pick up (just don’t ask me to write it…) and I know enough Lingala to make the locals squeal with excitement. Also, the Director of my department is out of town, so I have been able to use his office; which…
View MoreIt’s been a while since I last wrote. I have been doing a lot of paperwork here, and since that is equally as boring here as it is the States, I didn’t have much to talk about. So, below will be a few pictures, and some musings of mine about the people/environment here. Because this…
View MoreSo, I’m nervous, but still pretty excited for my birthday on Saturday. I have been incredibly lucky to have a bunch of my friends come out to celebrate every year. No matter where I am. August 25th always falls around the start of school (my 21st birthday was the first day of school, and that…
View MoreIt’s been a very busy week, but I have some interesting pictures to show because of it. On Saturday night we had a BBQ and hung out at the bar on site. It was a lot of fun because I was the only expat there, and everyone was really interested in talking to me about…
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