noooo... africa?

as i re-read my last post and began writing this one, i realized again just how terrible a writer i am. i’m thinking maybe i should just post a link from this page to another volunteer’s page… eh whatever you’re stuck with me!
so anyway… I’M IN AFRICA! IN AFRICA!!!!!!!!!
yep that’s right folks, after 2 years i’m finally here! although… i don’t even know if i can technically say i’m in africa when i’m staying at a waterfront hotel in the capital city with a pool and air conditioning!
i guess the story is that there’s a hotel here that the peace corps always uses, that’s well… not as great according to the past volunteers and staff, but that hotel somehow lost or overbooked the reservation of 70ish rooms, so they had to put us up in a much much much nicer hotel! but hey i mean i’m not complaining and it’s definitely a nice way to get over the jetlag and injections. i’m now up to 5 shots, but i have no idea what i’ve gotten… they just kinda shoot you up with whatever it is they think you need, then you’re on your merry way! i also just popped my very first malaria pill so i’ll let you know how that goes! not gonna lie still pretty psyched about those side effects!
so orientation today was pretty standard- safety precautions and procedures, medical issues and instructions, meeting our training staff and portuguese teachers, oh and we got our training info. our schedule for the next 10 weeks is insanely busy! from learning portuguese to how to be a teacher to living with a host family… i’m getting tired just thinking about it (or maybe that’s just the jetlag), but man am i excited! so we leave tomorrow for training in namaacha so i may not be able to post til training’s over, but i’m sure i’ll have much better stories to tell at that point!

love and miss everyone so much!
panda