AmVil Update...

hello again,
camp's going quite well! ESL teaching is good...had some fun with my class. they got really into musical intruments and music-related vocab today. i taught them the word "y'all" but they weren't at all excited about it. it bummed me out so i need to come up with a cool way to present it so that they'll think it's awesome and wanna use it allll the time, as they should be doing.

i've definitely gotten into a routine, as the veteran counselors said it quickly becomes so taht's nice since days are so packed and full of various activities to have some semblance of order to it all! yesterday was pool day and valentines days. it was super fun. it was really nice hanging out at the pool and swimming all afternoon and walking through endless rows of chardonnay vineyards in order to get there and back. then we had a nice dinner that the counselors served to the kids for V Day. tables had red paper on them...all decorated, etc. quite fun! then we had our first boom (dance) last night. it was pretty fun and the kids got quite into dancing for many songs! even for slow songs they started getting the hang of it which was fun. i was britney spears in an american idol-like skit today during congress. lip synced to you drive me crazy wearing a dress, heels, wig, faux lipstick/makeup, etc. it was really funny and i won out of the three contestants!! woohoo!

i had my day off w/ apples (clare in real life) a few days ago. it was really nice. slept in late, took a nice leisurely shower, had some bfast and then it started to rain. we were super bummed out, but it luckily cleared up quite quickly, so walked into town to get stuff for a picnic lunch which we ate downtown (downtown aze that is...the town of 1 everything...bar, pharmacy, tiny grocery, bank, post office, etc. literally 1 of it all). then apples got her haircut b/c she needed it and it was super cheap not in a big city. and then we went to the caves d'aze (the wine cellar)! the cave is under renovation so we couldn't do a tour but still tasted and looked at their selection of local wines. it was quite good. 2 whites, 2 reds and a dessert wine. the whites, both maconnais aze whites, were quite good adn super value priced compared to their muuuuch pricier neighbors a bit further north in burgundy. the first red, made from gamay (same grape as beaujolais) was a bit too light for my taste. but the next one, a pinot noir, was really good with classic burgundy characteristics and super differetn from teh cotes du rhone that i drank in grenoble. then teh dessert wine, from chardonnay as well, was super sweet...too sweet for my taste. then we went back to camp. chilled for a few minutes, adn headed to the pool where we hung out the rest of the afternoon--super relaxing and nice. then back to camp for a late dinner and just hung out with manu, another counselor (a french one), talking about lots of stuff for a while. quite an enjoyable day off!

it was super hot the first few days but recently it's been cooler which is really nice. prob around 70 degrees right now. lovely! and even when it was hot it wasn't humid (unless you ask the utahns) so it was quite bearable! hope all's well with all y'all!

love,peanut butter