It if wasn't for my Mom I would have died on the streets cold and hungry a long time ago

So the GYD meeting went very well! I learned a lot and I'm hopeful it will help me come up with new ideas for things to do around the village. However what was not awesome was on Friday night when the ATM machine ate my ANZ bank card and I got stranded with almost no money. I freaked out and called Peace Corps staff member who was very helpful kept me calm. Turned out the cards the machine eats get collected and you can just go to the bank and pick it up. Coincidentally, the banks were closed on Monday as it was the Prophet Mohammads birthday. I was going to just go back to the village and come back but 4 hour bus rides 6 times in a week did not intrigue me at all. Called my PM told her what was going on and stayed with a PCV in town. Today is Tuesday and I got my card back. However, I got the run around at the bank for about 2 hours and I missed my afternoon bus back to savusavu town...and from there i would have gone back to the village. So instead of getting into Savusavu at 9 tonight and paying for a hotel room for the night, i'm staying in labasa once more. I called my PM and when I said I missed my bus she laughed at me. Why does this shit always happen to me? It can never just be simple. Like I couldnt have lost my card on thursday night and gotten back the next day.. No, I had to loose it at the beginning of a long weekend.
I'm excited to get back and share with my counterpart what I learned at the conference and talk about future projects, as well as check on the status of some ongoing things we have working.
That's all for now,

Veggie Sangichs are good in Labasa

Hello! Thanks Nana and Grampa for the e-birthday card the other day. I got a bit of a chuckle out of it. I had no idea you were internet savvy either. Way to go!
Today is Wednesday the 4th and i'm in Labasa town until Saturday. We're having a Gender and Youth Development conference at the North Pole hotel. GYD is a committee made up of 6 or 7 volunteers. I just received word I was approved to join the committee a few weeks ago so this is my first experience. I'm excited to jump in and see what kinds of things we're going to talk about for the next three days.
We're at the same hotel I stayed at when Ashley and I were in Labasa. It kind if sucks she still isnt here. However, last time we had a pretty nice room with a balcony and awesome AC. My room this time has no windows and the AC is forever set on arctic.
My birthday is also this week, tomorrow actually. Not too excited about that. I already feel pretty unmature for my age so getting older numerically does not help my situation.
Our meeting is starting soon so I must depart. Take Care