Quick update:

I accidentally ate turtle today.
I asked my tea people what would be the best for me because I feel like I'm coming down with a cold. They recommended something I didn't recognize and after taking a bite asked, what is this? Dictionary says! Turtle! Or perhaps turtle shell, I'm not sure. Trying not to think about it too hard. If you would have told Maria a year ago that I'd be living in an apartment with no heat, no dishwasher, and a constant puddle in the bathroom, while teaching 700 students a week in a foreign country and eating foods like TURTLE, I wouldn't have believed it. I've come so far! :)
In other news, I got bricks today! I have been having SUCH a difficult time communicating with the brick makers. I learned all these great brick vocabulary words but when I went to talk with them, they refused to understand me. They just pointed and laughed. Sometimes I get this because of the way I look. They won't even try to understand because I'm a foreigner. But today, my third visit, I finally got through. I got 12 bricks for less than a dollar and rode the back of a scooter for the delivery. My bathroom wall is almost complete! Once this thing is caulked I am confident it will be much more water resistant than the wall I currently have constructed out of clipboards. Now if only I could find some sort of portable tub...
Right now I'm putting together bowls of "body parts" for my Halloween lesson tomorrow. We've been talking about the five senses so tomorrow we'll be describing what we touch. I've got eyeballs and guts and ears and fingers/toes and teeth. Plus I am throwing in a fake spider for giggles. I'm kind of nervous! I hope they like it.
Happy Halloween everyone!