This afternoon, I was hanging laundry to dry (found out our dryer doesn't work) and the MONSTER mosquitos were coming after me. Seriously, I've never seen mosquitos as big as they are out here. They're at least twice the size of Ames mosquitos. I've gotten bit about 20 times, Joy 0 and Mike 2. It's questionable whether all of my bites are mosquito bites since there are TONS of spiders in our house. It's a war between me and the mosquitos--I'm trying to kill them even though I know they only live for about a day. Right now, the mosquitos are winning. Anyway, as I was hanging laundry, I got bit on the forhead and I saw two going for my back so I grabbed Joy and was screaming and running inside when I saw out of the corner of my eye that the neighbor girl was crossing the street to visit. (How crazy did I look? Probably pretty crazy.) I decided that I could endure the loathed mosquitos for this long-awaited chance to interact with my favorite neighbors. It's been cold so people haven't been outside. We were talking a little--mostly in English since her English is very good--and she asked invited me to her birthday party and asked to see Joy's room. So I gave her a tour of the house. Then she got her friend's chihuaua to show to Joy, who loved it, of course. (Joy's crazy about dogs.) Then she asked to go on a little walk, so we walked to the end of the block and back.

So...Mike and I are going to a Hannah Montana birthday party this weekend. Su-WEET! I guess it's a birthday party for her (8yrs.) and her younger brother (2 yrs.) The little guy will get Cars or Winnie the Pooh birthday decorations, I guess. I'm excited, but a little nervous. She speaks english very well, but the rest of her family doesn't. This will be a test of my spanish speaking abilities and I confess I haven't been studying much lately.

So, it looks like I will get my fiesta experience! Whoo hoo! Hannah Montana!