Monday and Tuesday, Oct 19 and 20

This Monday was a Monday, especially after only working 3 days last week! But the day went well overall. We had a staff meeting after school where we talked about how our doors should look, some other general reminders and mainly about the Fiesta Tipica that is coming up at the end of October. I’ll tell more about it later, but the Fiesta Tipicia helps to raise money for the school by putting on a program with typical dances and there are booths that sell food. We’re doing it in Gracias in the central park so it will public, helping us to make more money hopefully. After the meeting we had cake for my birthday and I got to take home the leftovers! J Today was the coldest day we’ve had in Gracias. It was cloudy, drizzly all day, and chilly, probably somewhere between mid 50s-low 60s. All the kids came with layers of clothes on, gloves, hats, etc. I was even chilly and wore a long sleeve shirt with a cardigan over it and was still a little chilly. I can’t wait (not) until I get home for 2 weeks in December and freeze in 30 degree or colder weather. After we got back from school, Jacki and I decided to go running up the mountain. It was a great hill workout for sure and I went up farther than I had gone up the last time. I was tired after so I didn’t do much tonight.

Tuesday
It was chilly again today, but not as much as yesterday. School went pretty good today; before lunch my kids were being kinda talkative so I had to stop multiple times. I knew they were planning something for my birthday, but didn’t know what day and found out it was for today. They had been asking me things like my favorite color and how old I was and what kind of cake I liked and such, it was so cute. After lunch I had to wait outside the cafeteria while they decorated the classroom and everything. They kept running back and forth, checking to make sure I wasn’t looking. The kids told Mr. Bran to talk to me so I wouldn’t come to class and then he could bring me and close my eyes until I went in the door. So I had hands over my eyes til I was in the door and then they all yelled “Surprise!” And confetti went everywhere! All over me and my hair and face and clothes and balloons popping…it was crazy! But I loved it and they were all so cute the way they had decorated stuff and were all giving me hugs and wanting to help with everything and give me the biggest piece of cake. All the girls were helping me serve and the boys were running around being crazy and wanting food…not to different from adults sometimes I think haha. All the girls were yelling “Sientense!(to sit down) or they wouldn’t get a piece of cake and some kids were trying to beat the system and come up themselves. We had cake, dessert, juice, popcorn, chips, and cookies. Quite a bit of sugar, but it was great and so sweet of them to make my birthday special. My actual birthday day may not have been amazing, but it’s like I got to keep celebrating it for a few days afterwards.