Bula!!

We finally got an afternoon off! We are all in Internet Cafes! So far no WI FI...they look at you funny when you ask about it. Fijian way is to say yes to everything..because they don't want to disappoint you! And too many viruses to plug our computer into any USB port...so Internet Cafe it is..$2 for an hour. I am starting to get the language... my family practices with me..my 10 year old sister gives me that teen age look when I make a mistake! She is very dear- as is my brother (15 years old and a real charmer...and very smart!) Although my Ma nd Pa are in their 40's...I still call them Na and Ta..because I feel like I have been reincarnated into this place and time...learning to speak and function in this new land...all very new and awkward. The times that I can get together with other Peace Corps people are precious...we laugh till we cry...talking about how hard and hot this is! One of our projects in training is to do a calendar of events and weather...and crops etc. ..for the weather we put the very hot and wet season ...and the hotter than h__l season!!! We in the urban site have it pretty good! We have showers(cold)..where as the rural volunteers must take bucket baths with very little water...some taking 1/2 hour to get on gallon of water! And we are a5 minute walk to Internet... I miss you all!