Hello again!

Geez, it's been way too long since my last post. October 15th? I can hardly even recall the events of the past two months because they've passed in such a blur so I won't even try to summarize them all in a boring list. No, I'm going even further to announce a new direction for Gambia Living. A rebranding if you will. I'm ready to chronicle my current life in a more real way and less "traveler's blog" way. The thing is, whenever I've wanted to blog in the last couple of months, I've always felt reticent to put my real thoughts on paper. Too many people know about this blog, people that I wouldn't really want to tell about my less glamorous day-to-day activities or frustrations with work or pathetic bouts of homesickness. I seriously considered shutting the blog down in general, thinking it's better to not do something at all than to do it improperly. 

But, a couple of weeks ago, Modou said something to the effect that I should "keep writing those things on the internet" because they "make me think" and I realized that the blog should continue for the forced introspection that it brings if nothing else. 

So, here goes. Gambia Living: Uncensored. Sorry that it means you have to log in to read my content. I'm in charge of public relations for my company, so I can't ethically keep it completely open and promise to write truthfully. Besides, what I'm sure it will amount to is the story of a young professional trying to make it work with someone she loves. Hopefully the setting of this story will make it worth logging into.

Until later...