roosters

Let me tell you something about roosters in the DR, they don't just start their cocadoodling at dawn, they start at 2 am and don't stop. And wouldn't you know it, I am lucky enough to have a pin full of them right outside my window. So, I am a bit sleep deprived over these first few days, but other than that, things have been great. I am mostly just getting acquainted with my new surroundings and learning all that my job will entail. It's really quite annoying to not know spanish, if only we were in the Matrix and I could just have it uploaded into my brain. As it is, though, I have lots of motivation to learn as quickly as possible because 90% of my job will require me to use spanish and the girl I am replacing leaves in a month. We'll see how far along I am at that point, hopefully far enough to be productive.

So, that's how things have been so far...by the way, it's about 80 to 85 degrees today and the mountains surrounding the city are muy bonita, I'm sure that I'll climb them soon.

Until next time...