Pathetic

After writing an email to a friend about my lunch experience today, I felt it worthy of sharing with a wider audience.

I am in Dakar, Senegal. (I know, right!?) Je suis arrivée hier. After landing in the morning, I slept for a few hours, then came to the regional office, where I will be working pour les six prochaines semaines. See, Senegal is a French speaking country. My French is not great, though j'essaie de practiquer.

Now, yesterday I was told that lunch typically happens from 1pm - 2:30pm. Alors, aujourd'hui, j'ai attendu pour quelqu'un to come and get me. No one came (tear). So instead of just sucking it up and investigating the café myself, I sat in my office and thought of various ways of saying 'May I eat lunch with you' for tomorrow then looking them up on the internets.

Excusez-moi, puis-je manger mon déjeuner avec toi? (Je suis très pathétique!)