THE DAY OF FIRSTS!!

Today I experienced many things for the first time in my life.  Some were cool, others were....well, an experience!  I think that is all that I can say about that!

So, today was the first time I have...

1. Drove in Miami

2. Drove a 15-passenger van

3. Been hired by a school

4. Been in Little Haiti

5. Been asked to coach a football team

6. Followed directions to a "police station" that turned out to be Bank of America

7. Gotten lost in Miami

8. Had to pay a toll so that I could turn around and pay another toll.

9. Had a GPS go from "5 minutes till destination" to "9 hours and 15 minutes" to destination with one wrong turn.

10.  Been fingerprinted

11. Had a background FBI check

12. Had a bank tell me they can't break my $20 into 4 five-dollar bills

13. Bought a candle in a bakery, just so I could get a $5 bill back in my change.

14. Been in a room of Blacks, Caucasians, Latinos and still the only person that speaks English.

15. Spoken perfect Spanish to a man as i rattle out, "No Comprendo Espanol!" without skipping a beat!

16. Gone shopping in a Latino grocery store 

17. Cooked tacos with housemates with my duty being frying up the taco shells.

18. Gone to a live jazz concert in Little Haiti

19. Met another house mate named Julie

20. Experienced fire twirling in an "English Pub" located in Little Haiti, in a back-stage tent while people next to me smoke joints.

21. Walked into my kitchen to find 2 cockroaches feasting on leftover cake batter that was left out

22. Ever had nachos, vanilla yogurt, vanilla pudding and chips and salsa for lunch

23. (This is to come after I finish this entry) Watched a space shuttle launch LIVE from Cape Canaveral from my door step (If these clouds clear out!)

To say the least, it has been a very exciting, yet, strange day as life is starting to come into play for the next 3 months.  It is going to be a journey......a very interesting one that is shaping up to make quite the memories and stories!