Gold toenails are INNNNn

Hey guyssssss,
I hope everything at home is going well and id love to hear about it... Things here are still going well, the usual highs and lows of being in a new place and just living everyday in general, but throughout the week i kind of think about random things i want to say here. So here we go.

1. THankssss to everyone for the birthday wishes---It was a great surprise to read them today-yes a week later- and we did get to celebrate tanzanian style, dont worry, nothing too crazy, just a lil gathering and some dancing, and maybe i learned that when dancing with little kids spinning in cirlcles NEVER gets old...

2. Gold toe nails are innnnnnnnn HAaaaaaaaaa. So to catch everyone up, Ha and I had gold and bronze tonails before the final four, which we got a few comments about, but here, gold toenails are the way to go.

3. Im really excited about teaching!!! Yes, even about the KINgdom Monera, we have been practicing all week in our little kiswahilie groups , which consists of five recent college grads and our awesome teacher. Anyway, we tried to simulate a real classroom, which ends up being ridiculously hilarious because we are using "special-or verrrrrrrry slow" English ( we will be teaching in English, and yes, the kids im gonna be teaching have only officially been learning english for a few months. Try sounding excited and interesting whhhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeen youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrreeeeeee taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllkkkkkkkkkinnnnnnnnnnhg llllllllllliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiikkkkkkkkeeeeeee thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisssssssssssssss. Ok, get the picture a little bit, it should be interesting and hopefully easier when im not teaching smart mouthed american friendssss.. ANother thing about teaching, is that here, we rub the board.


yeah, im definately NEVER going to be mature enough to say it with a straight face, especially if there are any americans around. (fyi, rub the board... means erase the board). More on that, but im sure you can imagine the other one liners about this subject, but im trying to keep this PG ( okay Mom)


3. ALLLLLL the dogs remind me of TURK (my friend sloans or maybe its steves dog from FandM) Anyway, i just want to go up and pet them and be like "heeeeewwwwwoooooo puppy", but I cant. Not only is it culturally inappropriate, but they probably have mange/rabies. Which reminds me, i got my last rabies shot yesterday and my arm is killlllling me. (yes, im sure you all feel so bad)

4. I forgot to mention that last week when I was talking about how the primary school students sang the "in the jungle song" the song that we sing back goes a little like this...to the tune of frerajacka(i have NO idea how to spell that)

avocado avodcado
cucumber cucumber
watermelon watermelon
fruit fruit
......

So im sure the primary school students get a kick out of the "american teachers" level of song.

5.
Lows-- Peace Corps has to tell us EVERYTHING about anything, which is good, but it just gets a little boring, like I think Ive sat through a million lectures in my life about drinking and why its bad.

Highs--- the dance party i had w/ my lil bro and sisters the other day
Thats that! Miss everyoneeeeeeeeeeeeeeee