(this is an email that I sent to my mom on the second day back at site.  Apologies for the lack of formatting, thats just the way Nokia phones email lol)




welllll ... if possible, today has been crazier than yesterday.  after we talked, i started trying to unpack-waiting for the water to come on. during said unpacking, i encountered the giant f-ing lizard whose
been leaving gifts all over the house. i screamed when he came flying out at me and he promptly hid behind my matress. awesome. so as im trying to scare him out, olive (who apparently has learned to be slightly more productive after her time with antonias family) caught him on the other side. she then proceeded to scurry around the house with the twitching, bleeding lizard looking for a place to eat him.  i, in turn, ran after her with a broom trying to get both of them outside. at this point, the lizards 4 inch long tail fell off (they do that
sometimes, im not always sure why, in this case, i would assume it was the ´oh shit this cat will eat me´reasoning.)  so i just left olive in the kitchen, swept the still moving tail outside and left them.  she
didnt leave a drop. sidenote, olive wont stop purring and its really pissing me off.... could be that i took a full larium. anyways, 8 oclock rolls around and im panicking about the water sitch. i was trying to wait to go over to school until i had bathed.  eventually, i just wiped myself down with a baby wipe (which, btw, is not a good substitue for a bath) and went over to school. after being told i was fat and pale, multiple times, and that water just wasnt running i went home and decided to walk to the market in an attempt to buy either
bottled water, toilet paper or phone credit.  luckily on the way, 2 students stopped me (a brother and sister) and the girl offered to come with me to the market. shes gonna be a rockstar, i can tell. so so sweet. she had the peace corps teachers in zobue before janet and luc and won the national science fair in 2008--- she was super proud. she told me about the water sitch. apparently there was a strike with some of the community members and they blockaded that one road into the village. so whoever was supposed to come and turn on the water never made it. the rest of the people who live here took that as their cue to take the day off as well. so there was literally nothing in the market. nothing. we tried 3 different peoples houses for toilet paper and phone credit and eventually, after about an hour and a half, got some phone credit.  so i came home, super sweaty and dirty and spit on my used baby wipe to get some of the dirt off my feet.  seriously. i feel like this could be some crazy joke haha!! i did, what im refering to as my ´possom plan´....and went to sleep.  when i woke up and went out, my director offered a little water (i think he was more concerned as to how i had managed to make it til 1:30 with zero water).  ive managed to unpack the majority of my things - so thats mentally helpful. not to be dramatic, but i feel like ive been traumatized within the past 48 hours! ughh. itll be fine.  i just keep thinking, even if i were to just crack and e.t. today, id still have to stay for at least like 2 weeks getting all of my paperwork and med stuff done. and within 2 weeks, things could be much better here anyway! i guess thats a good thing?! who knows! ok well now that ive recounted my entire day ill let you be!! although i am enjoying the airconditioned computer room at school and appearing to be busy... maybe when i call you in the a.m. things will be on the up swing!!


i loveeee you!!!!