I am again sitting in Elbasan, where I spent my three months of training. I figured that it was about time to visit my first host family again. I am at the good ole Rosevelt, the kind of posh internet cafe. I miss the days of fast internet and air conditioning. And Cake playing overhead. Oh well, I will survive.
I have had a few apprehentions about going back to visit my host family. I don't know if I said this earlier, but my host father is kind of a lush. Tonight will be a drink fest if he has anything to do with it. That doesn't excite me as much as it should. I am excited to see them though. It is strange coming back here, it almost feels homey still. I went to a good fast food place and got the sanduic ala mexicana. It is probably one of the best sandwiches that you can find in all of Albania. I then came on over to the Rosevelt, probably one of the nicest internet places in Albania, even if it is overpriced and everyone is kind of an asshole.
I was in Berat last night. Good times as always. We drank a little wine and got a little fast food with some Albanian friends of Katie's. We then ended up at a strange club. I don't think that there are gay bars in Albania, but if they exist I think that we were at one of them. It was entertaining anyways.
School starts on Monday (ahh). I hope that I can be a teacher. I'm not really even sure what I'll be doing for the first term. I think that I will be shadowing my counterpart for a little while and then eventually begin to teach some conversation. It will take time to work my way into the teaching of grammar. Maybe when I have my own classes or am at least a little more independent after the beginning of the year I can start to teach a little bit of grammar.
Another interesting link from the good doctor. I saw Ridge on the news here, but the volume was down and I didn't know what was going on. This cleared things up for me. I dont really know why this is happening, I think that it is pretty random, but here ya go!

Albania to employ Ex-Homeland Security chief Ridge
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2392445