What am I DOING here??

Where to begin...
First of all, pictures will have to come later because I am on a dial-up connection and there is not way I have the patience to upload pictures just yet. Especially seeing as I have taken a million and there is no way I can choose just one or two.
The first thing that I have to say is landing in the Kathmandu airport was like landing smack dab in the middle of the mountains. Picture landing a Boeing 777 at the Eagle Airport. Insanity. The mountains are so beautiful and completely different than the ones we have back in Colorado. The sky is really hazy and the pollution is really bad, but tonight while I was sitting at the dinner table I realized that behind the sillouhette of the near mountains were huge white peaks that I'd never seen before. It was awesome.
In terms of living, right now I'm at the chairman's house. Min and his family are fantastic. When I got here his youngest daughter, Priyanka, gave me a card that I'll post pictures of later. His oldest daughter, Jasmine, is 17 and she reminds me of Lu so much. She just gives these looks that crack me up.
The city is insanity. The traffic is so freaking scary. We took the bus into town today and I don't understand how the transportation works at all. The busses are basically those big VW busses but with like 4 rows and 50 people jammed in. On our way back from the market today I sat in a row with 5 other people. That is 6 people sitting side by side in something a little bigger than a Chrystler Town and Country. It smelled worse than the old Pi Kapp the morning after masters. For those of you that don't know what that was like, picture awful and take it up 3 notches.
I wish I had a funny little vignette to tell you but honestly I am too overwhelmed to be witty right now. I'm just trying to get my head on straight. The most common thought I've had thus far is "What am I DOOOOOOOING here?" Thus far, I remain answerless. I'll let you know when the epiphany strikes and I know...
The best way to sum it all up is different. So different. The people are very sweet, I just wish I spoke Nepali so I could actually communicate beyond a few words. I gotta find some English-speaking friends ASAP or I am going to get soooo lonely. What am I doing here?
Tomorrow we are going up to a Buddhist temple and I think it'll be really cool. It's about 3 miles away and we trek there on foot so I'll get some sweet pictures. Again, no garuntees as to when I'll feel like putting them up... after that we go see the school I'm going to be working at and then off to Pokhara. Turns out I'm here just in time to JAZZmandu, the greatest Jazz party in the Himalyas! so maybe I'll get to rock out with some nice yazz-flute. I'll let you know...
Miss everyone so so much.
Love from the Himalayas