so last night i washed my laundry, by hand and by myself! it took a good hour and a half to do two pairs of pants, a skirt, a few shirts and my undies. i will be so much more careful now and try to not make any messes...it's just too much effort! the entire family just watched and laughed as i took a bar of soap to my undies....i guess im just clumsy-that bar of soap was just going everywhere!

language lessons are intense. im learning all about sentence structure and tenses, but not conversational techniques. everyday when i get home, my fam wants to know about all the new words i learned. i attempt to explain that i can show them what happens to a verb when i use it in the past vs the present, but they get bored before im finished. the other night i had an anatomy lesson with them and learned probably more than i needed to! it was entertaining so say the least.....remember what i said about the grandma, yah, she doesnt hold anything back!

next week we are all going out into the country to stay with a volunteer thats been in country for at least a year. im going to lake isakuyl (its huge, you should look it up) along with another trainee to stay with a fella named rick. im really excited to get away for awhile... im feeling very confined at the moment since i really cant do anything on my own-my host mom still walks me to the bus stop!

that's all for now....oh, i officially cant read the comments so email me!
machalla