IIIEEEEEYYYYAAAAA!!!!

Oy, this place is nuts. I can´t even begin to describe some of the experiences I´ve had, and I´ve only been here for what.. two full days?
Yesterday after class I rode in the back of my families truck, holding onto the cage of a dove so we could go into another part of town and trade it for a chicken. Oh yes, you read that right. I traded a dove for a chicken. Sounds like a pretty sweet deal, huh? So once we get there, you can´t just walk up to the chicken and say ¨Hey Chicken... I´m gonna need to to get into this bag so I can eat you for dinner tomorrow night.¨ Nope... definitely not that simple. You have to first chase the damn thing around the yard, then shove it into the tiny cloth bag that Alba brought. Then tie up all of the holes in the top where the screaming chicken head pops out as if from some sort of horror movie.
Yep, I´m not sure that I like chicken that much anymore. Too much scary stuff going on there.
A cool thing I learned yesterday-- there´s this really really weird plant that grows from a grape-looking vine here in Monterrico. After much confused Spanglish questioning I found out that it´s the plant they use to make those light tan shower loofas.... not sure of their actual name.... but it´s a really interesting process and interesting plant nonetheless.
Alright... I heard mention of cerveza, so yo no escribo mucho mas. Adios!