Friday, Oct 16

Well the weekend came quickly since I only taught for 3 days this week. Five day work weeks are gonna be tough to get used to after all of these long weekends are done and there’s no more unplanned vacation days! Today went well though, my kids listened better than they had earlier in the week and I feel like we accomplished everything I wanted to accomplish today. I’m still behind in general for the year in most of my subjects, but I still think I’ll be able to finish most of the curriculum by the end of the year. All of my kids came up to me today before school asking if I had seen the game versus El Salvador and saying they loved the USA because they helped Honduras to go to the Mundial because they tied with Costa Rica. It’s ironic that the USA beat Honduras on Saturday, but then they also inadvertently helped Honduras to make it to the World Cup on Wednesday. The US is also going, but it’s just funny to me. Anyways, it was cute how excited they were about it; it is a big deal for the country.
I shortened devotions today because my kids wanted to help me decorate my door for the Thanksgiving theme. I decided they could help me by making handprint turkeys, so that’s what they did during some of our devotion and math time today haha. They loved it though and I’m so glad they are willing and wanting to help me. I was a little more lax today in my disciplining and yelling above my kids today and they were listening better, so I think that’s why the rest of the day went well.
After school we hiked home, watched episodes of The Office to unwind and then we went to eat at the comedor for a tipica cena. Jacki really wanted to have her friends have an authentic Honduran meal. The funny thing is that the power went out right before we were about to eat, so we ate by candlelight at the comedor; what a great welcoming experience for Alex and Alyssa to get the full affect of a Honduran evening: food and no power lol. The power came back on a few hours later though and we spent the rest of the night hanging out at the comedor playing with the kids and talking to the neighbors as well as coffee and chatting at our house.