you speak spanish? oh, i don't like spanish.

most haitians in Pasbwadom know a little spanish, some more than others. but i just keep laughing at how often people are asking if i know spanish, but then disgusted to speak it. whereas i would LOVE to speak in spanish, a language i felt more comfortable in, where i could converse back and forth with people. but for the most part, spanish isn't the coolest thing around here. it's okay though, just encouraging me to learn kreyol even more.

right now i'm sitting in the livingroom of this guesthouse with a fan in my face and i'm still dripping sweat. this is literal. keegz is here too, reading about buddhism. brittany and bill are sleeping, i dont know how. outside our house is a handful or two of haitains my age, blasting the same songs over and over and having such a good time laughing and screaming and dancing. i'm not sure what the big event is. this happens almost every night, with the same songs playing repeatedly--good songs though, some regeton, some spanish salsa business--i heard beyonce once. but tonight they're a bit more rowdy. i just wish we could run out there and dance with em. OHHH malaria infested mosquitos!

today, i'd say (and bill would say) was a big day. we completed the last step of our bees project, bottling the honey. it's delicious, especially squirting it into the mouth straight from the bottle. we got Oles to do it too, which was hilarious b/c he's a pretty conservative guy--and he then licked what he had missed from the outside of the bottle. it was decided that i'd get to keep that bottle, keegan knows i need it more than him, for obvious reason.

trying to stay active each day. it's hard in the heat to stay motivated and moving--but almost every night i've done a good amount of crunches, push ups, and yoga positions. good job me! there was an issue at the school up the road we'd been playing basketball at so that's on hold for the time being. i wish i was tired earlier, but sometimes with the combination of the heat, the music and all of the thoughts running through my head from the day, it seems almost impossible to lay in that cot and close my eyes. i think it's 100 degrees right now.

ugh, i stink. so bad. i think i should just shower now but i'm worried it'll wake me up even more--cold, cold, refreshingly cold showers, every day. so good.