adjusting

I've been in Kedougou since Friday afternoon. It's beautiful here, I definetly lucked out there. It's so green and lush. You have to traverse a Nat'l Park to get here and in the crossing we saw baboons, monkies, a jackal, a gazelle, warthog... i think that's it. The volunteers are all really nice and it seems like I will be busy once the holiday is over and people are back at work (yesterday marked the end of Ramadan).
My house is nice although I'm sure mom would be disappointed... no it's not that bad, it's all cemented with a thatched roof but the best part is I have a FRIDGE!!! The bathroom area needs repairs (ie a wall) but hopefully that will happen soon. I live in a compounbd with a nice family (they speak Bambara so that has been great).
Enjoying the local meats available, I ate warthog sandwhich the other day.
Just trying to get adjusted to life here right now... I'll try to get some pictures up soon. I miss you all- America and Mali la!