Update...

So i got called fat again for the third time since living with my family.  the first time was while i was showing my host family pictures of my family in america and they said we were all fat.  and this most recent time was because the volunteer before my looks like me because we are both fat.  it is a compliment to be called fat in zambia. 
we also got scolded by our training director because we took a hitch last friday on the back of a shake shake truck around 1130.  o well.  so the solution they came up with for us to be able to drink and be safe was to drive us to and from the bar and be home before dark.  so last night we went to aaron's den bar in chongwe to celebrate our last weekend together.  we made guacamole, sausages and had a lot of fun.  well the bus that was supposed to pick us up didn't show until it was after dark.  so i flagged down a trunk and we hitched in the bed of the truck home.  it was fantastic. 
We have cultural day on tuesday which means all of our host families are going to come together at the training center and we are going to cook american food for them.  we will have speeches, dances and gift giving.  I plan on printing a few family pictures and giving them to my family on a frame.  I also have post cards of Indiana that my dad sent me that I will write on the back and give to them.  Then we leave directly after that ceremony to stay in Lusaka for two days and have our swearing in ceremony and shop for our hut.  We will then leave from there to out provincal houses and stay for a few more days and do more shopping then we will finally be posted.  For the first three months it is called community entry which means we are just trying to intergrate ourselves into our new community.  we will not be coplanning or co teaching we will be assess the needs/wants of our community.  we also are not allowed to travel at this time. 
so apparently some of the peace corps volunteers know some zambian musicians one being Daliso.  one of our trainers actually was able to dance on stage with him at a concert and a lot of volunteers have his number too. 
I had my final language test on friday.  which went well it could have gone worse, which is good I guess.  we then watched some movies in the giant insaka (gazeebo).  we watched Pineapple express and part of Love actually. 
I got a dress made out of citenge for the swearing in ceremony.  It only cost 50,000 kwacha and it is perfect.  I had one of the girls draw a picture and gave it to the tailor and it is beautiful. 
So more kids keep showing up on my compound because it is holiday now.  they have holiday in april, august and december-it just means that there is no school during those months.  so some of my kids, their parents work in bigger cities as teachers so they live with their grandma well now that it is holiday, the parents and their other children are coming to our house to stay for the holiday break. 
so my sister got engaged and asked me to be her bridesmaid I said no of course.  she is planning on a cruise maybe in october so hopefully I will be able to attend.  and apparently my mom accecpted an offer on her house, not sure because she is on vacation in georgia with her friends and is ignoring my phone calls. 
I had a strange interaction with my neighbor the other night.  she came inside to the house where myself and my sister choolwe eat every night.  the other family members eat outside on the reed mat.  my neighbor, patrica, said she wanted to eat with us and so she sat down but did not put food on her plate so I told her to start eating.  she said she alreay ate but wanted to sit and watch me eat.  I also told her that some of us were going to a bar down the street and she wanted me to bring her back some shake shake (beer) i told her to come.  she said she couldnt because her husband would beat her.  very strange and not cool all at the same time. 
so I am going to post some tonga words for Beckys class :

bag-bbeeke
book-bbuku
chair-cuuno
pencil-mpensulo
desk-desiki
chalkboard-bboodi
chalk-ncoko
pen-bbopeni
clock-nkoloko
ruler-lula

some of the words are corrupted meaning that sound like the english word.  most of the words are said like they sound. 
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