Day 2

Last night sleeping was quite the adventure. Besides the two next door neighbors blasting music till 1 am, and then the never ending dog barking from the assumed to be strays, the heat (because I broke the electricity in the tent an had no fan. Jolly time), and just being in a new place, I finally feel asleep around 2 am just to be woken up around 6 am by the rooster, naturally. We have like four cats here. Two are kittens named flip an flop after a company that builds flip flops out of recycled rubber. They are totally adorable. They make me feel right at home with their cuddliness. Also toilets. Its a compost system here. Aka huge bucket you sit on do your business an dump a little sawdust on. In the morning it gets dumped an clean. And guess who got the duty of emptying and cleaning the toilets this morning? Yes. ME. Welcome to Haiti. I almost lost my breakfast, (which was just a banana because the rest did not look very appetizing brown avocado, mushy tomatoes, and odd looking boiled eggs, luckily my lovely sister Heidi sent me with a care package of goods! And my momma too.) Needless to say I am missing toilets. Running water. And its only day two. I'm sure I will get very used to it shortly. I wish I could send pictures, but the internet is too slow here, plus Id have to download them onto other peoples computers and thats weird. But it really is so surreal.... Anyway I start at the school this afternoon. I'm really excited to get started and meet everyone. I arrived super early so the rest of my crew arrives this afternoon. So yeah, thought I would shoot out another email before my life starts to get hectic and I still have a calm moment. Love you all. Let me know how you are and life etc. P.S. malaria pills give me crazy dreams. Mom forward my emails to grandma, or send me her email. Mine that I have for her doesnt work.