From Mosquito Bites to Frostbite

For the last 2 weeks I haven't updated my blog - there haven't been many good things to say. Hopefully I am experiencing a turnaround. I am in the process if moving again this week & hope to be settled by the weekend. It is going to be much better from here on out. I am making a concious decison for it to be this way...

Since I have had such a hard time lately I have been composing a list of "good" things about this place in my head. They are the following:

1. Duplo Bars - Delicious!

2. I get to sleep in. My earliest class starts at 1pm. It's great

3. There are less city lights here so you can see more stars at night - I like this.

4. Cappuccino

5. Pain du Chocolate

I would like to see the list grow & I am hopeful that in the next few weeks it will.

Saturday I really needed to get out of the house so I met Stephanie to go to the market in Croix Rouse. People here are wierd, they like to bump & push you wherever thye are but when the train comes they like to just stand there and think about getting on it until it makes the noise for the doors to close, then they just step on like the train isn't leaving. God forbid you happen to be behind soem of these people. They like to congregate by the closest door to where ever you are too. So we had to go around them. Stephanie made it on the train with no problems - me however, that was another story. (Isn't it always) Well my arms made it on before the doors decided to slam shut on me. I had to pry the doors open to get in. Those doors snap shut. I have no idea how I was able to pull this off. It was in the morning & I hadn't had any coffee - but somehow I live to tell the story! When we finally made it to the market we discovered a big carnival set up too. I guess it was too early for all of that but it looked like it had some potential. We looked at all of the fruits & veggies. I bought some tiny red potatoes & gorgeous looking mushrooms. Don't know what I am going to do with them yet but they have the potential to be parts of a good dinner.

Sunday we headed back to the carnival. It was kind of fun. There were all kinds of scary rickety looking rides and games & cotton cavity all over the place. One lady made one so big I had to take a picture of it - It might possibly be the biggest cotton cavity I have ever seen in my life. The girl who was holding it looked at me wierd when I was taking her picture - but I don't really care. It was at least twice as big as her head!. That was picture worthy. So all & all it was good night.