I Promise...

that as soon as my computer is fixed I will be much better with weekly updates! As the previous sentence already alluded to, my computer is still on the outs. It's actually out of town! I believe it is in Santo Domingo waiting for a part that is on backorder.... so we'll see. Maybe I'll get my computer by October. Since the hurricane came through we've been without internet at school as well. Actually we've been without access to the computers. Apparently the computer lab manager wanted some time to set up the computers and get things ready for when the kids come. So anyways, that's over with. I have internet today for the first time in a long time. Can I just say that it is absolutely wonderful!

So speaking of the hurricane... when Dean passed through I was on a car buying road trip to the northern shore of the country with my friends Cindy and Jose. We spent one night in Moca (which is one night more than I think I'll ever want to spend there again!). We got into town at 10pm and had to wait until midnight to check into our hotel room as there were people using it for a few more hours. Yes. We stayed in a very questionable location. We slept on top of our beach towels there... dirty dirty dirty. Didn't shower. So with the time that we had to spend before getting some shut eye we did what apparently every 16year old in the republic does instead of waste their minds on video games: we drank at the gas station. Obviously the best place to drink and dance... obviously. After the car buying experience in the morning we drove on to Puerto Plata for some much needed R&R. Stopped at a Expat Cafe called Sam's in Puerto Plata. Got my picture taken with a wisconsin liscense plate! GO ahead! Ask me how excited I was.... I was very excited :) Had a fantastic steak salad and bloody mary. Anyways, our hotel was an all exclusive that we got on a deal. When the hurricane came through we were sitting under a tiki hut next to the pool drinking pina coladas. Granted it was raining solid sheets, but it was still a vacation.

So anyways, school starts next week. Our uniforms, white boards, English math and social studies books, all haven't arrived. Talk about organization. And... they changed the color of the pants to dark blue or black... guess who doesn't have pants those colors and who isn't going to be able to find anything in the country that would fit her. Oh well. I'm going to wear jeans, brown, or else come without bottoms. Their problem not mine. :)