I'm back

Hi everyone... I'm back. Not happy about it but I'm back.

Just a disclaimer to all my fellow PCV's that might be reading this. I'm not as good of a writer than you so back off!

Last Friday I was officially sworn in as a PCV. No more of this PCT stuff, I'm a legit PCV. The ceremony was a great experience. The U.S. Ambassador came to talk to us which was pretty cool, also the vice principal of agriculture (or something) came to talk to us. I actually do feel a little bad that I don't remember his true title because to date he is the funniest Moldovan person that I have met. I'm not really sure why he strikes me so funny, but all of his jokes just hit me as a "did he really just say that" type of joke. Our Country director, Jeff also gave a short talk which was nice. Jeff is a great guy and I look forward to getting to work with him and know him better over the next two years. Finally we had 2 of my fellow M25's talk. Some girl named Katie Ender Mcnabb rocked the stage with her booming voice and sparkling jewelry.

After the ceremony my host mom and partner took me to my new site where I will be living for the next two years. The town is located in a great place in the country snuggled right next to the Prut River which makes up the western border of Moldova. I have read that if you swim out to far the Romanian border patrol will shoot you so I'll probably see how far I can push the envelope on that one. The guy that was here before me also stated in his site history letter that a large amount of volunteers that serve in this city have been married off to a Moldovan national (4 of 5 i think). As far as the rest of the town goes, it's great. Lots of people watching opportunities, green of course, and every kind of store that I could possibly want.

Today was my first day of work. I got to meet all the important people in town such as the man known as the Mayor, but as a different name which I won't put because I don't want to slay the spelling. Also, I met, in my partners words, the agriculture boss, and a few guys that work in the ag. industry in my city. These meeting were great for the future, but I really was to shy to try to attempt any of my Romanian. I guess I'll have to get over that sooner than later.

That's all that has really happened in the new site, but I would like to talk about how spoiled I have been during training. During training I had my own shower, bathroom, and toilet. I had my own little world to myself because I was in a house known as a "casa mica" which is basically a little house set apart from the main house. At my new site I have none of that. I'm not saying its a bad thing because I didn't even have those things in the states, it's just really hard to leave such a great place behind. However, I do love my host family. They are great. I have 2 brothers who took me with their friends out to a lake on Saturday where we swam, and ate watermelon. Later that night they took me out to the disco-tech where they surprised me with how much everyone loves them. They have the club scene on lock and I'm pretty sure they go every night. My host parents are great too. I get the sense that my host dad and I are going to get a long really well. I can tell he/we don't feel really comfortable with each other yet, but he is making huge strides to involve me in everything and keep me talking. He is a very curious man and wants to know everything about me which I sometimes can convey in my really crappy Romanian. My host mom takes care of me really well. She tells me over and over again that if I'm hungry I need to go to the kitchen and eat. I can tell that we will get along just fine as well.