It's been a month already!

Everything is still going great here! I've been sick a few times in the past few weeks (stomach things), but still loving it overall. Some highlights of that include my mama putting a bucket in my room and telling me I could go to the bathroom (and she wasn't referring to urine...) in there so I wouldn't have to go outside at night. I tried to tell her there was no way I was going to diarrhea in my room, but she insisted so I had to tell her I would and then sneak out as need be. She also gave me cheetos and cookies to eat, and didn't seem to understand why I didn't eat them.

It's getting to be the beginning of the rainy season here, which means the dirt roads get incredibly muddy and slippery. It also means that there isn't much water left in the wells, and the water that is there is quite dirty. I didn't have water to bathe yesterday, so I was really excited for my one today, until I was the water. It looked dirty enough to have been used the clean the floor already, but amazingly I still felt a lot cleaner afterward than before.

Another thing that goes along with the rain is rain gear, so I wanted to comment on a few rain outfits my fellow trainees have worn that I think my father would really approve of:
1) A few people have ponchos, which for those of you who don't know, my dad is a strong advocate of. I've kept one in the trunk of my car even since I got my license because he said I never knew when I would want one. The answer was never, even though Mike did use it once.
2) One of my friends has a hardcore rain outfit that reminds me of the one my dad wore to Dillsburg when I was in middle school. It consists of waterproof overalls, and a jacket to match, all olive green

Next weekend we will be going on site visits, which means we will be staying with current volunteers Sat-Wed to see what their sites and jobs and lives are like, so I'm really excited for that. I'll find out where I'll be going for that on Wed, which won't be relevant to where I'll ultimately be placed for 2 years.

I really want to get my hair braided. I lot of my friends have sisters who do it for them, but I only have brothers, so that hasn't happened for me. I tried to tell one of my friends' moms that I wanted braids, hoping that she would get one of her daughters (she has five) to do it, but instead she just laughed like it was the funniest suggestion she had ever heard, so I didn't get braids.

There is a really beautiful mountain nearby that I really want to hike a little bit. Me and some friends headed for a walk in that direction this morning, but didn't go too far, and we want to make a day trip of it sometime.

Well that's all for now...I'm still waiting for a call from my dear sister...perhaps she needs my dear parents to buy here Skype cards?