I'm living on my own now :)... I'm pretty sure I'm getting the pc soft experience because I would live in my apartment here in the states if I could... I have a two bedroom apartment with an indoor bathroom... a real kitchen and tiled (not cement) floors. Sure it smells a little (there's wetlands behind my house), there's still lots of bugs, and I don't have a fan yet so it's burning up at night...but it's lovely and I'm ready for visitors!!
I got my scuba diving certification last month, and I'm really excited to continue diving in the next two years (in money allows)... While I was diving I saw an octopus, 3 manta-rays, and lots of other really cool fish.
In my community I'm been doing english classes 3x a week, and a Brigada Verde youth group once a week. I'm still working with my women's group trying to figure out exactly what we're doing... Hopefully soon we'll plan another clean up because the roads are getting a little dirty.
Commentary on Dominican cuisine... they sell juice packets (fruit punch) that come with oatmeal in them... I actually kind of like it... it's a different texture.
