Do it...for the children.

Tonight I came home to snails and peppers for dinner. This is the second time this week that I've had snails and I didn't have tissues to hide them in.... Sweet Mary, I ate an entire dinosaur sized snail tonight. It was the equivalent of eating a Firestone tire except more spicy. I think my host ma is on to me because she sat and watched me eat it and then left after it was gone.... All I kept thinking was "protein, protein, protein." After eating rice all day every day, I can't be picky when it comes to protein and/or vegetables. I got white girl wasted on a cucumber the other day because it was the first non-oil soaked thing I've had since I've been in Liberia. They love oil so much here, the other day I saw my ma take a swig out of the oil bottle on her own terms.... No one forced her... She just was feeling parched and decided oil would be the best bet because why not? When in Liberia, I suppose.

Well tonight, after forcing down 2 snails and a dish spicier than Enrique Iglesias, I played some (non-American) football....aka soccer.... With my neighbors and brothers. They doubted my ability and put me in the furthest corner possible and told me, "if the ball come to you, dress small and we will kick. We want to beat." Meaning "if the ball comes to you, Move your butt in the opposite direction so we can actually win this game." This wasn't going to work for me.... Nope. I had an audience of about 15 who were all saying "white woman like to play with children." So I decide to "show off" a bit with my sweet soccer moves.... Mother eff, the ball flies to me, Prince aka P money aka my neighbor yells "LEAVE IT!" To which I say "I do not understand you!" And I kicked the crap out of that ball.... I'm surprised I wasn't asked to go professional after a kick like that.... However, after my 3 seconds of glory, I then address the issue of "that ball isn't going towards the net." Nope. Instead it was soaring into the sweet face of the 3 year old I had scared to death the other day due to my whiteness. WHAT? Out of all 38 children around, it had to be the nugget that is terrified of white people. -_- to make matters worse, the audience went from "white woman play with children" to "white woman kick ball at baby." Ughhh the struggle is real. I'm getting sent back to America. Haha

But I'm not gonna lie, I giggled to myself for a solid 3 min after this. I love when that happens.
Moral of this story, when you are told to sit and pick grass in the corner of the field, just do it....for the children.