ONE MONTH DOWN!!!

Today should be a holiday-I have been here exactly one month. I have seen so many different things and met so many people. I have really been enjoying my time here and learning a lot about a very different culture that until recently, I didn't know existed (Americans are awful at geography).

I'm sorry for the lack of pictures but as my dad would say-we are experiential people so we forget to take pictures.

On the work front, I have come to find out that I have been doing a lot of unnecessary work. It turns out I only have to do one survey instead of two-but I did two. So hopefully the one that I'm actually going to use tests successfully so that I can start scheduling appointments!

Some little things:
-i saw a sign yesterday that said "poulet frais" or "fresh chicken"-i have no desire to find out what that means
-there is a dog that hangs out on the roof of a house next to the office everyday-i think he might be a watch dog
-saw a guy wearing a stetson this morning-had no idea these had found their way out of the southwest
-Alain genuinely thought that we all speak the same in America-until i told him that there are different accents everywhere (redneck vs. new yorker lol)
-Christine (Paul's Secretary) thought that when i was talking about the state of georgia that I was talking about the country named Georgia-she said isn't there a war going on there?
-when I explain that Hugh Laurie from "House" is from the UK/Ireland and can do a good American accent-its funny to see reactions because they cannot hear the vast differences between these two accents
-had an intense discussion with alex yesterday about Akon and how ridiculous he is

Yesterday was an ordinary day for the most part-I got to work around 8 or 830 and was out at around 515. It was Nicolas and his mom's last night so we had a mauritian feast-delicious! We also drank bottles upon bottles of red wine. Audrey's friend Jacques came over for dinner as well-I must devote some of the post to explaining him....

Jacques is probably in his 50's and has recently came out and told everyone that he is gay. He prefers to go by "Jackie." In Mauritius, it is VERY taboo to be gay and is not tolerated. He was married before and has 3 sons-a teenager and two in their 20s.
He has a personality that lights up a room! He has so many stories and is a true walking encylopedia-he knows a little bit about everything. His oldest son has been in prison for about 6 years-I asked Audrey for what and she told me she couldn't talk about it.

We all stayed up past 11 sitting around drinking wine and talking-I wanted to go to bed so badly but at the same time I didn't want to be rude. I think that everyone else felt the same way as Jackie just kept talking.

I hope that everyone has a good weekend-please keep me in the loop on how my GATORS!!!! are doing!!!

More on Monday...