Los Piojos....bienvenida a la familia!

For those of you who speak Spanish...the title of this entry speaks volumes yes? for those of you who have yet to know what los poijos are....god bless you....for I too, was oblivious, until well....today:( Eeks! Mi hermana tiene los poijos....a.k.a. lice. yep. I had to used my little dictionary to interpret this conversation mind you, and when my eyes set sight on the word lice I about lost it! Pero....es lo que hay! We had an afternoon session in the bathroom (the whole family!) that resulted in many laughs between us all, and truth be told....I found zero lice in my hair (whew!) Nonetheless, I am freaked out....but thought Id post a photo of me and my sister Emelia undergoing "treatment":

And since I am here, I will detail the week thus far. After I was de-loused, me and my host mom spent the evening in the kitchen cooking traditional Chilean food. Every night we have to cook for that day and the next day, so its quite a bit of food. Also, tomorrow I am making Wild Rice Soup and homemade bread for them...

School has been going really well...teaching these kids has been a challenge and yet gone so smoothly that I really am feeling pretty comfortable so far. I am working with Ely, and another teacher Pamela, and they have both been awesome co-teachers thus far!

This weekend we are celebrating (my mom) Ely's birthday, and my friend Max is travelling up from BioBio to join the Valpo crew for a few days - very exciting! We are also formulating plans to travel to Argentina soon, perhaps over Easter...there are so many places I want to go, and it feels like I am so busy all the time. And yet there are spaces between this planning where I am able to feel quite alone in this country. Every day it is difficult to speak Spanish, and everyday I feel frustrated. I am so thankful of Ely, who answers all my questions and teaches me more than I could ever ask:) They are a good family to have been adopted by...lice, or no lice:)

 Here is one last picture of my sister Emilia...who doesn't seem to care in the least about the situation!

Cheers!
til next time,

lck