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Published: August 9th 2006
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Got up earlier this morning. Jills and I left the house around 10:30 to run some errands.
We carried the empty water jugs to the school. There, we met two more staff members. A young, local woman named Gliselle (who is the co-ordinator of the preschool aged kids), and Karen who is a middle aged woman from Texas, who will be teaching grade one. It's Karen's 7th year with the school.
We then talked more with Amber (the old director's cousin, who picked us up at the airport) and she showed us beautiful pictures from their family's trip up to Roatan (Bay Islands, in Northern Honduras) this past weekend. GORGEOUS! White beach, clear water. I can't wait. Amber seems really great. Cute girl that I already feel comfortable joking around with. She's from Miami but her extended family is here so she'll be living with them.
Jill and I then walked up the road to the Texaco gas station to get money out of the machine. We ended up staying there for lunch, as they have tables and a little pizza restaurant in the gas station. Melissa told us earlier that this is normal for gas stations. It
was actually REALLY good pizza too.
We then went to la supermarcado for some supplies. I bought a new pillow which is actually way more exciting than it sounds, as I'd been sleeping on two flat, lumpy pillows for the past few nights. The other exciting purchase was Raid to kill all the tiny ants that we have living in our house. Also very exciting.
Saw a random man walking around the street in a tshirt and underwear (tighty whiteys). Was kind of scary. The woman of one of the stores we were in banged a stick at his feet and shooed him away.
We came home, sprayed down our house with Raid, and waited patiently for the arrival of Jenna.
When Jenna came we were very excited. She seems so nice. Very sweet. She's going to be the other grade 5 teacher along with Jill. She's from Wisconsin. She went to college for Anthropology, taking a year in Costa Rica to research Howler Monkeys. She's taught as well (mostly younger aged children), has done social work, and works with many individual families at their homes. She also speaks Spanish which was awesome tonight at dinner. I'll post a picture of us at dinner and the cute place we found to eat.
So yes, we sat for a bit in the living room and chatted, then let Jenna unpack a bit. We then thought we'd head to a restaurant called 'Villa Real' that we had read so much about in our travel books. When we got there though, it was closed. We decided to walk down by the Cathedral and found a really nice restaurant that looked cute so ate there. They served typical Honduran food, much like the food we had eaten at "La Casita" with the new director. I ordered what directly translated to "a cut of pig" (pork chop) that was very good. It came with refried beans, a piece of cheese (apparently a piece of cheese is normal as this is the second meal I've had that way), plantain (which I don't enjoy), rice, and tortillas. It was good. No salad for me... lol. Not trusting anything like that for awhile.
We also stopped in at the internet cafe that Chris told me is really good for calling home. Jenna needed to call her mom to let her know she arrived safely. Phone calls are only 10 cents/min. Pretty awesome really. Good to know.
We then came home to our guard waiting for us, and opening the gate for us (even though we have our own key). Jenna's computer had some problem starting up so we then spent the next hour or so trying to figure it out. My Uncle Dave was a huge help via msn with that too, although there was little we could do without a startup disk or screw driver to open the laptop. We figure we'll take it to the school tomorrow and see if anyone there can help. If not, Uncle Dave found out there's a Toshiba Servicing Store in Tegucigalpa (the capital, which is about an hour away).
Tomorrow morning we're heading with Jenna to the school for her tour and will maybe take her to the bank to exchange some of her money. We covered her dinner and phone call home tonight but she'll eventually need some Lempira.
Here's hoping tomorrow is an awesome day as well 😊
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Glad things are looking up
Glad to hear you had a fun day - as each new staff member arrives it will be more interesting and exciting. Can't wait till you actually start teaching and hear all about your kids.Enjoyed the pictures of the house too. Love you and miss you lots Love Mom