Pictures!

Hi! I'm in town for just the day so I must be short and sweet. This week was good...VERY busy. I'm learning more Kiswahili everyday and by tonight just MIGHT have all of my furniture!

Instead of writing much, I'll explain the pictures!

1. The PCVs in my village and our families on swear in day in Kilosa.

2. My very own house, which I had almost finished painting in the picture.

3. My devil rent-a-cat. She was taken away and I'll get a kitten anyday now.

4. About half-way through training we planned a toga party!

5. Ashleigh and I modeling the shirts we made!

6. Dada Catherine and me being flashy.

7. Dressing like the Muslim women in TZ.

8. My adorable neighbor Hepe from training.

9. My village group on swear in day.

10. My homestay Mama, Mama Sumary. MISS HER!

11. Some cute kids in my training village.

I don't have many pictures of my new village as I don't want to take out my camera for awhile. It's not that I'm worried about theft, but kids are obsessed with cameras and I'd rather not deal with that yet.

Everything has been pretty good. Lots of meetings and random places to go. My eating habits are quickly deteriorating as I can't or am to lazy to light my jiko (stove). On the days my house girl comes and lights it for me, I make a lot of food and sorta hibernate on it. A new phase has been to cook a lot of pasta and eat the cold leftovers with sugar for breakfast the following morning. Another classy meal is instant oatmeal and COLD water. Finally, and yes, only a fat kid could dream this up: I occasssiionnnallly mix peanut butter, oats, sugar, cocoa powder, and water. Stir it and eat/drink. Oy vey, right?

Alright, gotta get outta here but want to say a million billion thank yous to everyone reading this and supporting me. It is the craziest feeling reading comments, getting phone calls, texts, and letters. It keeps me sane! Thank you thank you thank you.

Lots of love!