Okay first of all, the Hurricane was more annoying than exciting by far. It just consistantly rained for about 2 days and floaded the roads so we couldn´t get any work done. I played a lot of Uno and got cabin fever very easily. And of course, no electricity for those two days because it would be too great of a risk with power lines, yadda yadda yadda. So okay may I just say that the United States is known for the Jonas Brothers. I just have to shake my head at that one. (By the way sorry that this blog is gonna be all over the place, I only have 15 mins left on the computer--facebook monopolized my time, whoops). Okay, yesterday we piled into Chris´truck and drove to Santiago. It was great to get out of the city and enjoy the air conditioned stores!! However on the trip home, on the seemingly beautiful day, a storm came out of nowhere and it rained the entire hour and a half ride home....did i mention 5 of us, myself included were sitting in the back of his truck? Ah, mucho agua! Very refreshing and cold at the same time, a nice change actually. You know what else is a refreshing change is waking up between 6:30 and 8 every morning and going to bed between 8-10 every night. I feel like an old woman, especially since the elderly woman I share a house with is pretty much on the same schedule but I cant help it, I´m exhausted by the end of the day--being productive mixed with the sun. whoa. and ps, I have never sweat this much in my life...and I smell horrible most of the time. But so does everyone else so I don´t feel too terrible. I had an unwelcome visitor a few nights ago...my first tarantula. It was crawling up my mosquito net when I came home. Naturally I screamed like a child and Elba came running from her house...then Elba screamed like a child and eventually we got her cousin to kill it for us. I wish it didn´t have to meet that fate but...it was my bed. I wanna learn how to pick them up like some of the natives do but Chris advises against that. Anyways, I haven´t ridden the motorcycle all week because of the rain and floaded streets but Im excited to get back at it. My goal is to master it (i.e. dont stall everytime) by the time I leave. Oh and exciting news!!! Loryn has agreed to join me at an American bar in town on some Saturdays to watch the Buckeyes games!!!!!! woooohoooooooooo. Ha, Chris says I´m "so from Ohio State". I guess a lot of buckeye fans have been through the building project.
Well guys, school starts on Monday!!! Our "escuelita" (little school) is actually coming to life. We will have 15 kids from 3 surrounding villages, we will find out today actually which staudents will be joining us. We can only take the first 15 who register. These are exciting times. The school is for 3 and 4 year olds, which aren´t exactly my thing but we are hoping to start an afterschool program for the older kids as well, which is my thing :). In the DR they only go to school for half days...they thought it was outrageous when we told them that in the US we can be in school from 7 to 4, or longer. Weird.
Okay guys well, I´m still here. This week has been a lot better for me than the first, which was trying. I still get frustrated, but not nearly as much. The people are super sweet and take good care of me. I love you all. Till next time!!
With Love, James
Hi Jamie....still trying to get this to work for me. So enjoyed hearing about your experience in the hurricane and happy every thing went ok.
ReplyDeleteJust catching up on your Wed. and Sat.blogs. I thought you were only going on Sats. so just checked tonite. School sounds like a real challenge. Your Spanish should be great by the time you come home, but can't imagine it is easy to teach English.Keep up the good work and keep bloging!
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