One week in....

Well, I will have been in this country for a week starting tomorrow, so I think that is a milestone. I have already had a ton of shots and medicine and eaten a lot of things that the Peace Corps Medical Officer says that I shouldn't, so I guess that I am beginning to get used to it. I can't believe how much I have to say and how little time I have to say it in. Suffice to say, my spanish is getting better, though it is nowhere near where it should be. Also, my Dominican family is very friendly, and very welcoming, so it has been a great experience. My living conditions are "developing" as they say here, with cold bucket showers in the mornings and nights, roosters crowing all hours of the day, and mosquito nets being my most favorite posession I have. (And if you saw everything I packed, that is saying something.) Anyway, I will take some time to write more but I just wanted to give you all a short update before too much time has passed! Oh, and a new milestone today- I learned how to use the bus! I am on my way.