I made it!

I'm here in Venezuela safe and sound. I don't have a lot of time to be online today {it might take a while to get internet in my apartment... and Facebook is blocked at the school}. BUT everything has been great so far!

My apartment is HUGE! I have three furnished bedrooms and three bathrooms! Also, there is a "maids room" and another bathroom off the kitchen. It is the only part of the house that is not air conditioned. Poor maid! So those rooms will not be used at all. I also have a kitchen, dining room, living room, TV room, and another extra bedroom that's empty. So... five bedrooms and four bathrooms in all! I hope someone will come visit me so I'm not alone in this huge place! [hint ... HINT, haha] So far no cockroaches [some of the girls had to deal with those last night!]

I had an interesting conversation with the customs guy last night. For some reason they had to go through ALL my luggage! :[ So while he was doing that he came across my Spanish grammar book and we had a short conversation in Spanglish. He gave me his phone number and said if I need anything or if I get lost to call him, or to call him if I want to be his language partner so we can learn together! He's like 70 years old so it was really sweet. :} Then he told me to be very careful, haha. So far everyone has been incredibly friendly and patient with my shortcomings in Spanish, plus most people I have come across know a little English so we can muddle through it together.

Ok, time to get to work!