Thursday, June 26, 2008

No major reports...

Today since nothing exciting has happened...I'm going to give ya'll a little more general info!

#1- I figured out how to make my shower have hot water!!!! I will take a picture of the shower head when I get chance so that I can show you what it looks like. Anyway...the trick is, you have to barely turn the water on! You turn it on REALLY slowly until you here this sort of whirring noise. Then you STOP!!! And don't turn the water any more! Apparently since I have no hot water heater, the water has to be heated as it comes out. So if you turn on too much pressure then the water can't be heated fast enough! Its enough pressure to wash your hair...just takes a little longer. It has definitely improved my morning routine!

#2- As I have said I have to take the bus everyday to school. Not a big deal because it is so cheap. Except...I have EXTREME bus anxiety!!! I can't get on the bus OR get off the bus! Its really bad! When I am with the roomies, its fine! They choose the bus, they press the button to get off...quick and painless! But when I have to go by myself...COMPLETELY different story! Lately, I have had to ride the bus by myself because our schedules are a lot more free. So we are all doing our own things during the morning.
First, I can't get on the bus! I'm terrified that I'm going to take the wrong one! All of the buses have labels on the top that say their route. I have 2 choices for buses. However, I just stand at the bus stop and let the first couple go by...even when they say the correct route! I'm so afraid that its not the right one! Once I finally get up the nerve to get on the bus...getting off is even worse! The buses here don't always stop at all the bus stops. Unless someone presses the button or pulls the string saying that they want to get off...they don't stop! I can't press the button! I'm so afraid that maybe where I want to get off isn't really a stop. Then I think that the driver will yell at me or the other people on the bus will get mad because I'm delaying their journey. So sometimes I just stay on the bus, wave to my bus stop and keep riding until someone else pushes the button. Today I rode about 8 blocks past the school because I wouldn't push the button!!!! Yesterday I just got off while the bus was at a stop light and almost got run over my a motorcycle!!! But the motorcycles here are really dangerous. They pretty much drive wherever they want. It's really bad. I don't know why I have so much trouble with this! And I don't know what I 'm going to once the roomies leave! I found out that I will be the only one is the house for the rest of my stay. They do not get another student until the day after I leave. I'm gonna have to get over this anxiety somehow...or just start walking to school!

#3- My house that I live in has 6 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms! But you would never know it! It does not seem big at all! They make excellent use of space here! No space is wasted! But you don't feel cramped either! I'm going to take a picture of the outside of the house. Random photos to come tomorrow!

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