This week, we moved from our original building, due to the impending death of the air conditioning system. My two partners and their families moved into the building next door and I moved into the main building next door, where the rest of the students are staying. Now I share a large room with my instructor, whose family is still in Missouri. There are many bunk beds, which we rearranged to partition off a sleeping area for ourselves. We have enough sinks, toilets, and showers to have 2 or 3 apiece.
Another source for entertainment is the array of insects and such, which I thought were mostly native to South America. One day, Jordan exclaimed loudly and pointed toward the edge of the porch. I looked over and saw a large, brown tarantula hanging out next to the porch's support post. There are also many scorpions, evidenced by the fact that one of the students put up a tally for the number of scorpions killed, and today's number was 23. I've seen large beetles and other bugs that remind me of bugs in Brazil. I haven't seen any 4 inch long flying cockroaches yet. Maybe I'll have to wait until we get to Brazil...