Nothing interesting happening really, but here's the NONinteresting stuff.
I got carsick driving around some of the bad roads here in Port today. Some of the "roads" are THAT bad. But I've had a touch of Haitian Happiness these past few days, so I haven't been feeling 100% to start... (If you don't know what Haitian Happiness is, well... consider yourself lucky.)
We're getting a couch/2 chairs/coffee table tomorrow. We went to the blanc furniture store and it was basically Walmart-type quality for a bajillion dollars. So we went to the Haitian store across the street. Still not cheap. But not too bad. And we will have something to sit on in the living room. Well, something other than the floor. That's what we have been sitting on. I will post pics tomorrow after we pick it up.
Speaking of a bajillion dollars... that's what everything here costs. Yesterday we bought ONE lightbulb for our dim house. It cost $5 US. FIVE DOLLARS.
Josiah's ears are on the mend. Had him rechecked yesterday and they said the infection was almost all the way cleared, but there was still fluid, so we'll see what happens. He's still on the amoxicillian so it's basically a race.
Language school. I honestly have no confidence in my ability to pass the test on Monday. (Lendi, that is, for all of you Creole speakers.) I don't even know what most of these grammar things mean in English-- who the heck remembers all that stuff from middle school??? It's killing me. I seriously (literally) feel like I am going to cry about half the time I am in class because I don't get what's happening. That being said, our Creole is improving. A lot. At least I think it is. I think I am much more understandable. Apparently not other people. We successfully did NOT negotiate the price of our couch down. Not even a couple of gourdes. Rodney, our teacher, said we should be able to negotiate down once we speak more Creole. Nick, the geek, bought a "flashcards" application for the ole' Ipod touch. He loves it. And I have to say, it is pretty helpful. Maybe if we work on it real hard tonight we can get the price down a bit tomorrow... I will keep you posted.
I heart bednets. Have you picked that up yet? Here are my adorable children asleep(ish) under their nets.
Josiah showing off his bloody stump of a head... it's actually much better now.
Ta ta for now. Baby has started crying. Must stop ignoring him...
