October 5th

This past week was the first week of classes, though I didn’t attend any because everyone is just dealing with registration, so none of the Tanzanian students attended either. There is only one girl in our group that had class, and that was a biology class. Others tried, but I decided just to start fresh this week. So, on Monday, I will be attempting to find Intro to African Theater at 7am, Government and Politics in TZ at 8am, and African Political Thought at 10. My backup PS course in case the other courses don’t work out is African Politics. My other course will be Intermediate Kiswahili, which is going to be incredibly difficult, but I’m excited. My roommate said she’ll help me 

Oh yeah, my roommate moved in!! Her name is Ida (EE-dah), she’s 21, and in her 2nd year here. She’s a political science major as well, and she’s learning French, so that’s cool. Her family is from Mbeya, which you may remember we visited briefly, but they are now living near the University.

She was quite surprised at the way I was living, which was pretty funny. I didn’t think it was that bad; my bed was unmade, and my desk was messy, but there was nothing on the floor! Haha. When I came back to the room after lunch, she had made my bed for me and swept the room (we never knew where to find a broom, so the floor was a little dirty). I’ll try a little harder for her (I tied up my mosquito net this morning), but I refuse to make my bed, haha. So don’t feel too bad, Mom 