Estoy en Peru

So this is two blogs in one, sorry for the spelling have to get home before dark...cant upload pics yet, will work on that :)
Well, after a very long day yesterday traveling, the 57 of us (one girl got to staging but decided against coming)comprising PC 14 arrived at the airport in Lima to lots of smiling faces and Peace Corps staff...it was about an hour ride out to dusty Chaclacayo and we definitely passed through areas of Lima that I did NOT see last time...it was pretty mysterious at night arriving to our retreat site, and today we met all of the PC Peru staff and have already began being completely immersed in espanol...for example, I spent half an hour in an interview today having an intensive conversation in Spanish that was recorded...I{m excited to see what they will deem my starting level as it will be good to gauge things...tomorrow morning we meet our host families and take a combi with them out to where we will be living for the next 10 weeks...I think theres quite a bit of nerves going around, but at the same time we are all eager to have some time outside our group so we can let it sink in that we have really arrived in Peru...

2 DAYS LATER....

so things are really busy, on sunday i got my host family assignment after hours of hoping and waiting to meet them, we got my two huge bags and hopped in a taxi (all 8 of us) up a huge dusty hill called chacrasana, my new home...we are at the very top :) I live with 4 brothers....mathias is 1, jeremy is 7, kevin is 13, and ronnie is 21...i have a sister who is 20, 3 chickens, 2 cute dogs, a bird, and cats...this morning was my first attempt to shower....what an adventure...I went to the outhouse where our shower is and turned the ´tap´only to find absolutely FREEZING water, but i braved hopping in only to find that it spurts...its not a constant stream, it stops completely, then starts again like an explosion, so i said screw that and started to use the bucket...just filled it with the water and poured in in my hair...i could see the frost in my breath, but the hair had to be washed...:) gonna wait a few days to do that again, go ahead..judge!!!! I also have a handy alarm clock at exactly 4 am when the chickens start screaming, love it!!!
I´ve eaten enough white rice already to last a lifetime, but its all good, i talked with my host mom last night about ´gordita´and keeping the carbs to a minimumk, i also tried to get my host mom enthused about coffee in the morning, but that hasnt happened yet...
Will write soon when have more time,
K