HOLYSH$T its windy!!!

i know i havent posted anything in awhile, but you have to remember that im in Mongolia. Its not like i can go down to the local Starbucks and hook up to the wireless connection on my Blackberry, i have to walk into town, and hope that the internet is working, half the time there is a "line", and when i say line i am referring to a room full of people waiting for the next computer, there is no characteristic of a line about it.
Things have been good here in the "land of blue sky", i have spent the last few weeks working on english language lessons and BCC (behavior change communication) presentations with fellow health trainees for the the local hospital. We took three days to teach a few english lessions to doctors and nurses, it was alot of fun, Mongolians love any for of competition. The BCC (dont make me explain it, im sure your smart enough to "google" it if you really want to know) portion of our presentation although very interesting was not my favorite part of the presentation/project, i think many of the Mongolians felt the same way judging by their faces during the BCC presentation. However the most important thing to recognize is that our first Mongolian training was successful, im am anxious to get to my site where i will have more opportunities to educate.
A few days ago there was the biggest wind storm that i have ever witnessed, it was insane. It was exciting and scary all at the same time, i really had no idea what to do with myself. At the time of the wind storm i was home alone. i was performing my daily routine of peeling potatoes and carrots for dinner, when all of a sudden the power went out and it felt as though my house was going to blow away. Eventually my host mom came home from work, im glad she did cause i really had no idea what to do. It got so winding that portions of our roof decided to blow off, at that point i decided to express my feelings by saying "holyshit its windy". the wind eventually subsided and turned into rain. However the power would remain off until the following night. I woke the next morning to the sound of hammering, it was really like a orchestra of hammering. i looked out my window to observe the extent of the wind, it was pretty substantial, most of the fences that i could see where no longer were they belonged but decided to re-locate to the neighbors house. I helped my mom repair our roof, it really is amazing what you can do with some sheet-metal, plastic and nails. i really felt like a man when i was hammering away on the roof, until i mistake my thumb for a nail, at this point i dropped the hammer and jumped around for some reason hoping it would make the pain go away. When i stopped my mom and several other people below were laughing at my mistake, it was okay because i was laughing too.
My likeness for potatoes, carrots, and meat has really come to an all-time high. having the same thing for dinner everynight can really do crazy things!!! i no longer have crazy desires for food such as sushi, or peanut butter, avacados, tofu, or any of the other types of food that suffocated my diet in the states, i mean why eat any of that when you can eat potatoes, carrots, and meat, if you have not yet tried this im really suggesting you should. its amazing (i hope your picking up the sarcasm cause im laying it down pretty thick).
I only have one more week until i "swear" in as a volunteer and find out where i will be spending the next two years of my life, im excited!! i also have a final language test on friday, im nervous but i am sure i will do fine, or at least i hope. until next time...dont do anything i wouldnt do...