Tuesday was a very tough day with everything that had happened on Monday. I woke up and literally did not want to go to school and almost didn’t. I got ready although dirty and decided against makeup because I didn’t feel like it. I literally did not want to be in Honduras at this point in time. I wanted to teletransport to American for a while. It wasn’t just one thing that had brought this frustration, but last night with no water was the last straw for me. I gathered myself together as best as I could and went to school. I tried to put my frustration behind me and not let it affect the way I interacted with my kids because after all everything that happened was not their fault and they shouldn’t get the affect of it. But they were also not listening very well that day which added to my shorter fuse, so during reading I was waiting for their attention and put my head in my hand and the tears started coming. I tried holding them back, but they started coming so I kept my head down and tried to not let my kids see (they did and started murmuring, “Miss Sneden’s crying”) and walked outside the classroom to try to compose myself. I let a few tears go, wiped them off and came back inside to start science.
I eventually made it through the day and the rest of the week went a little better, especially since we got our water back later that day! A shower has only felt that good to me a few other times in my life! Jacki and Sarah had stayed home on Tuesday, so we had one of the best dinners we’ve had in Honduras so far to eat: chicken with this good sauce, homemade bread, green beans, and pasta salad and for dessert carrot cake with frosting. WOW. I felt so fat after that!
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