Another post.

Hello again. Things are relaxed. Work hasn’t been started, but we continue with our methodical 3 times a week lessons. Every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Monday we went to Laura’s house for lunch. Laura’s our teacher and I found out that day not only does she teach but she has an amazing family. And this cool old mauve Fiat that looks like it might be a Volkswagen Beetle but is really so much cooler. But her family’s great. I felt definitely and definitively welcomed walking past the curtains and into the kitchen where our feast was being prepared. A sister, mom and random neighbor girl (Moni, who enjoyed corrected my Spanish, dominated Naomi at whatever game they played, and practiced Kung Fu) greeted me and offered me something to drink, the bathroom, or a hammock (which is a verb in Spanish. to hammock. all right.). But their attitude with which they gave this genuine hospitality was memorable. They made me feel special and important.

After our morning lesson, terere and feast we watched Kung Fu Panda. Great Movie. Man, I don’t remember the last movie that made me giggle quite like that. It was good to sit back and watch a movie like that, because, well, the last movie I saw was Scarface and that’s no Kung Fu Panda. Yeah, Scarface isn’t the chuckle every other line kind of movie. At least it wasn’t for me and I hope it wasn’t for you.

It was hot too. 40 degrees celsius. I’ll let you do the math. Old Spice kind of failed me on my 20 minute walk home.

I’m enjoying it here. I haven’t settled into a definite role, because I’m not working at my job yet. I think this is where I’m supposed to be, but its hard to say, because so much of this first month has been structured to help us get comfortable, but right now it feels like its just delaying that process. My expectations weren’t the reality, which I was told was going to happen, but I somehow didn’t believe. Silly me. But I’m excited. Excited for this year. And ready to start working.