Practicum and Goodbye Puppy

I just biked from TC to Kampong Cham on my orange street bike! I should probably try to get a mountain bike for the next long distance trip. Travis, Bill and I came here to lesson plan for next week. We will be teaching 10th graders at the local high school until Saturday. That should be interesting. Other than that I think I am learning enough words to understand the occasional sentence. I know my colors, which I think will get me far. This week is also the interview for site placement!! I hope I get placed with some positive people. When I came home last night my family had like 40 people over(supposedly extended family) and it was super uncomfortable. Some of them are from the US and they spent the whole time asking me why I would do something like Peace Corps, how I'm to-at, and how I only know tik-tik Khmer. The cat kept me company and slept in my lap. I felt special because it refused to go to anyone else in the room. Good times. Luckily, my sister is awesome and we went into my room and watched Beyonce videos. Last week was sad because my 5 month old puppy got hit by a car. I came back from KC seminar day and my mom was like, "The dog died", "Your father cried about it". I think it's a big deal to cry here and my dad really loves pets. He used to greet me every morning covered in the ashes from the fire. I'm pretty sure I was days away from getting him to shake. My dad says he will get a new puppy before I leave. Wish me luck on teaching and message me if you have any helpful ideas!