Two pieces of news:

First, I moved!  I have a new host family!  It was a whirlwind affair with me leaving class at 12:30 yesterday, going to my old homestay family and doing the walk of shame as I had to pack up my shit (one of the PC people had already told them I was moving out), say good-bye, and hump it to my new home.  It was the right move and I think I was just too much of a chicken-shit to pull the plug, but Malika  (the director of the entire hub, which encompasses about 40 PCT’s) got the job done. 

I was out of the old place and into the new place by 1:00.  The crazy thing is that I’ve only met one of the family members, the sister of my “host father.”  Everyone else is on vacation, I understand.  …but she is awesome (Fatiha), and very welcoming and friendly.  So how they made the decision to accept me without meeting me is a mystery, but if they’re anything like Fatiha, its going to be just fine.

The new place is shaping up to be perfectly awesome!  The “man and woman of the house” are in there 40’s (okay… its hard to call them my host dad and mom).  The “dad” also has two siblings living in the house (Fatiha and Abdllah) , also in their 40’s, I think), and…. A 10 year old, a 6 year old, and a 9 month old!!!  Woohoo!  I’m not sure when they get back from vacation, but its pretty comfortable so far.  I have my own huge room with actual lights that turn on and, get ready… a heater! There is also hot water and there may even be a shower.  No western toilet but like everyone here, I to the point where the squatty potty is perhaps preferable.

And all that happened by 1:00, I had lunch at the host family of my classmate Brenna, and was in a taxi with two classmates, heading to Azrou, by 2:00.  That was awesome, meeting friends from 5 different sites (many of whom had to travel much farther than I).  There were 10 of us altogether that spent the night (although we hung out with some of the Azrou group for a bit), and we had a blast.  We basically hung out in this awesome room (dripping with sarcasm) that consisted of 3 double beds and 2 bunk beds, and played games, .  Of course, we played games in the room because the weather sucked, but it didn’t really matter. 

So I’m now back in the house, just met my host “uncle” (I guess) and found out we’re teaching at the Dar Chabab this next week as well (it was only supposed to be last week, and we had our big good-byes, etc.).  So now all I want to do is rest (…got about 4 hours of sleep), but we need to get together and plan our lessons for the kids (or at least plan tomorrow’s lesson).