"so go DOWNTOWN. things will be great when you're DOWNTOWN..."

Today was one of the best days I've had in Haiti! First off, my next door ROOSTER didn't wake me up this morning at 4 am--definitely getting off to a good start. Next, today is my day off, which means I get to hang out with the awesome people downstairs (i.e. other people who work here but I don't get to hang out with on a regular basis). Then, I walked to the grocery store and got food (I love food). After that, one of our Haitian friends came over and we got Ashley a new phone. And the BEST part is next: the two of us, me and my friend Frantzdy, took a bus downtown and bought my family Christmas gifts (To be read in a sing-songy voice) in downtown PaP. That was really fun--bartering and looking at all the artifacts. Then he gave me a mini tour of the monuments and such; during part of the tour we sat on a playground in one of the parks and chatted. We decided to walk around a bit more and then looked for a bus to take us back to Petionville, however, it was really hard to find one as they were either full or were not going the right direction.  Soooo, we started walking back to Pville. By the time we were barely out of downtown area, we realized that it was dark and that Pville really is quite a ways to walk...so we hopped on a motorcycle taxi and came home.

It was really quite exciting and I feel so much more Haitian now!

BUT what I'm REALLY excited about is my Christmas gifts for my family!! Can I just say that this Christmas is going to be the BEST CHRISTMAS EVAAARRR!!!! I get to see my family AND give them cool Haitian things. :) I'm so excited!!!