Wednesday, Oct 14

I was kinda frustrated again with my kids today because I felt like no matter how many times I told them to be quiet, they would just keep talking and I was sick of talking over them and waiting for them to be quiet so I could start. I kept one of my students, Marquito, in with me for lunch because no matter how many times I told him, he kept getting out of his seat to talk to one of his friends and then when he was sitting down he was turned towards his friends so he wasn’t paying attention. So we ate lunch together as his punishment. I had known he didn’t have the best family life so I tried asking him so more about it. All I know is his dad is dead, his mom is in Tegucigalpa (I don’t know how long she has been there or for how long) and I think it’s just him and his 20something year old sister at home. Either way, my heart went out to him; he’s one of those kids who can be so annoying and frustrating, but so cute and energetic, and then tired, crabby, and sad sometimes too. I love him, just don’t always like him J My kids had been complaining about our Wednesday chapel schedule so I changed it this week so they had recess with the younger kids and so they wouldn’t have to miss any of their normal recess if we had been on the other schedule. They seemed to like that better. The only problem with this schedule is that whenever chapel gets done, there’s about 10-20 minutes until their next class so I’ll have to be on top of it as far as what I can use to fill that time.
We headed to town after school today for the usual. Jacki and Sarah went to go buy some paint because we’re repainting the white in our house; there’s just too many stains on it from bug guts and other stuff. We went to Guancascos, then decided we wanted pizza. We had a general idea of where it was, walked that way, asked someone, and found it! We were so excited to have pizza and when it finally came out, we chowed it down so fast.
Today was also a huge game for Honduras; since they lost against the US this past Saturday, they had to win against El Salvador today to be able to have a chance to go the World Cup playoffs in South Africa. We watched the first half of the game at the restaurant we ate at, but then had to head up the mountain. On the way up we heard that Honduras had scored a goal, but that was all; we had work to do so we couldn’t watch the rest of the game. Well about 10pm, our Mr. Bran called and was like “Hey Honduras won! So we don’t have school tomorrow.” And I totally thought he was joking…not about Honduras winning because that was great, but about not having school tomorrow. But no, because Honduras won against El Salvador and the US tied with Costa Rica instead of winning, Honduras is going to the World Cup finals in South Africa!!! And since this hasn’t happened since 1982 I believe, it’s a big deal. Supposedly the president (Micheletti I think) came on the TV and said this is time for celebration so nobody has to go to work tomorrow. So we don’t have school and people don’t have to go to work if they don’t want to. It would be like if UofM went to the National Championship and they canceled classes on a smaller scale of course. So needless to say, I love this country haha.