the way i liveeeeeee

So its been about two weeks since the last update...or almost 3. its already going so quickly--i apologize for no capital letters, but i cant quite figure it out on this keyboard--. Soooo much has gone on since then and ive already learned soo much kiswahili!!! So the place im living is absolutely beautiful...green mountains, which were not allowed to hike until training is over...green everywhere and very friendly people --or at least i dont know enough kiswahili to know if theyre not being friendly...We have been broken down to groups of 5 for kiswahilie lessons/teaching lessons--everyday 730-5ish. We are all staying w/homestay families....\okay so top ten list--not in any order---
1. First of all, my homestay family is awesome! i have a mama, a baba -dad-, 4 sisters and one brother. The first day i walked in, had some chai, attempted to chat a bit, was shown my room, shown my bed, shown the basket for dirty laundry and told with a big smile that the shirt i was wearing belonged in that laundry pile....and that i needed to take a bath. now im telling you all, that i knew that i needed to look my best the first day. i washed my feet and my face and wore a nice clean shirt, and i dont know what happened, but i guess by the time i got to the nyumba -house- i needed a bath.
2. Every day, for the past 5 days, ive been "running" with my homestay sis and bro- ages 8 and 10. \its really fun though and ive even gotten a little closer to the mountains that were not allowed to climb--ahh the mountains are soooo gorgeous!!!!!!
3. My mama, who has tons of energy even though shes up before 5 and in bed at 12 loves to talk and show me everything--and she also loves to tell my 8 and 10 yr old bro and sis 'if you dont finish supper, bevy will leave; or if you get to school on time --bebby or bevy and the occasional BEVERLYN-which i dont mind at all--will run with you- i hope they dont stop eating/getting to school on time on purpose--no they are so fun..\

4. Everything is kinda tiring---but it kinda feels just like the normal end of the school day at the end of school, so by the time i have a little drink with dinner, im ready to sleep by like 930. That part is awesome. i love being able to sleep when my head hits the pillow.

5. Yesterday i threw our frisbee over the bushes we usually play near and it fell into the garbage pit of the primary school. The pit was like 6 ft deep---no garbage was actually in it... just some bushes, but the frisbeee was like 4 feet down. so im trying to reach it and making no progress, and my friend tries to help me by holding my hand as i lean down into the ditch to fetch the frisbee--at this point were laughing so hard that i am weak and can barely hold on, and finally snag the frisbee. and barely make it up to the top of the ditch w/out pulling my friemd in with me. \i dont think any of the primary school kids saw---

6. The primary school is right outside our class room. They sing some form of where the lion sleeps tongith..... and everytime the hit the 000000000000wweeeeeeeeeeeeeee it is hilarious and awesomeeeee

7. i am teaching a class next week on the kingdom monera. i cant wait. i mean isnt classification soooo excitin? but hopefully the being in the class room part will be good...

8. i dont think im gonna make it to 10 bc i have like 1 minute left on the computer--- send me your snail mail addresses.......

miss everyoneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee