Facts about life in Mongolia

1. We won the training site lottery - wifi, awesome host families. Rock it
2. My five year old niece could teach me a thing or two about dancing.
3. I have a statesman with the outhouse every time
4. Mongolian is mad hard and I don't think my homefield advantage of knowing Russian (alphabet, cases) is going to last long.
5. Lady Gaga is a global phenomenon
6. Having a conversation with a five year old Mongolian girl goes a lot like the British/Portuguese couple in Love Actually
7. I still have my talent of injuring myself in ridiculous ways.
8. Typing this out on my iPod is really hard.
9. The English/Mongolian dictionary doesn't have the words "friend" or "mutton" or "American". I'm mad at Oxford for that one
10. In a game of Would You Rather, stabbing yourself repeatedly with a needle then washing win antiseptic beats a palm full of splinters from the outhouse wall every time.
11. Cows chilling / wandering aimlessly around town is already accepted as normal.
12. "mosquito" wasthe first word I made a flashcard for. Evil suckers.
13. I'm impressively bad at shoveling cow dung and tumpen bathing.
14. Bathing has never been so gratifying - I am SO dirty all the time
15. Having someone mime to you that the mountain is exploding and not be able to explain why is terrifying. Found out why later, but still
16. My life consists of a giant game of charades, broken English, and my pitiful Mongolian
17. Mongolian ketchup is not the same as our ketchup. It's technically "chilling garlic sauce" which is delicious, but surprising the first time you take a big bite.
18. Once I accidentally bought cheese curd flavored ice cream. Bad news bears
19. I have never eaten so much mutton in my life
20. Later today I'll be playing a game with ankle bones. Not sure how thats going to go, but remind me to fill you in