life as i know it

i make my way to school. it's about 8 am and i am naturally running late to meet my friend on our corner to make the trek together. my day started about 45 min ago. i get out of bed and make my way to the bathroom but must first encounter the family, which is a new concept for me. my dad and brother are usually at the table eating and watching tv, while my mom is at work making my coffee and lunch--begging me to eat something for breakfast--or she is ironing the clothes that she kidnapped from my room the night before and washed while i wasn't home.

somehow i manage to get my stuff together, down my cafeaua, and run out the door between hugs and kisses from my mom and her yelling "have a good day. see you later" down the 4 flights of stairs.

the walk to school is amazing...really just the walk to anywhere here. then i get to see my volunteers, which always makes my day. i make it a point to walk down the hall and address every volunteer by telling them "buna dimineata".

language class is amazing. my teacher is so much fun. she says that "glume" (jokes) are her favorite hobby...which makes it nice because we have 4 hours of lessons. then there's lunch and who knows what's going to happen. afternoon sessions are interesting but by that time
we are all nice and brain dead.

most days after school i hang out with other volunteers rather than going straight home. i do enjoying spending time with my gazda in the evenings when i get back. (they are very laid back as to when i come and go from the house) i usually sit in the kitchen and do my homework while my mom cooks dinner. then after dinner i promptly fac dus and go to bed.

details may very but that's pretty much my daily schedule during the week. weekends are too random to generalize. this weekend we are traveling outside of the county for the first time. i'm more than excited to get out and have some new experiences with my friends and my language teacher. i will be posting as much as i can about it soon, complete with pics.