Saturday and Sunday, March 13 & 14

Saturday
Saturday morning we had French toast for breakfast since Tad’s friends were here. We got some work done and relaxed and then headed down to town to find a present for Paola. It’s her birthday this weekend and she’s having a party and we’re invited. And we just love Paola so even if she wasn’t having party she was still going to get a present from all the teachers! Sarah, Jacki, Tad, his friends, and I headed down to town to find presents. I ended up getting her a photo album and a hair barrette. We ate lunch in town (great tacos and puspusas) and then went to get coffee at Guancascos while we waited for the rest of the girls to finish up. We got back home in time to find out the party had been moved to later that evening. This meant more relaxing/working time.

Paola had her family from Comayagua here as well as some girls from her class up to her house for the party. It wasn’t as organized I guess you could say as the American birthday parties I’ve experienced. She opened some of her presents right away, then played, then ate dinner, then the cake with singing, then opened some more presents when she wanted to. Paola got great presents from the rest of the teachers as well as her friends and I think she really enjoyed herself. Renske and Laura called us later in the evening because they were in Gracias and wanted to come up to hang out with us. So the two girls along with Tad’s two friends (Mike and Pat) who were still in town came up for the night and we all hung out playing games.

Sunday
Today was my work day because I didn’t do much work the last few days as far as school work or housework is concerned. Mike, Pat, Renske, and Laura had to leave late morning so we had a big breakfast of pancakes to send them off. After they left it was time to work. I cleaned the house: picked up, swept and mopped the floor and cleaned the table and the stove. Tad and I did the dishes from our big breakfast and then I still had laundry to do. Yes, I decided I was going to do my own laundry this weekend. I only needed a few things done so I just did them myself. It was a still a lot of work though; I will never take a dishwasher or laundry machine for granted again! I took care of some more spring break stuff and graded and planned for school. By that time it was close to dinner, so I ate and took a hard earned shower. Finally at the end of the day my reward was to relax and watch a movie. Awesome.