so this is life

I finally have a cell phone. If you care to call me, its free for me! Which is rather exciting on this end. But you might want to check with your phone company how much it will cost you. My number is 504-892-8410. Im not positive what the country code is here. Ill try to find that out for you.

This week we had exams, only two of my kids failed in two classes. For Honduras, thats good! School is going well, Im starting to see how much work it can be being a teacher, especially at the end of the semester. But I must say, I certainly enjoy teaching. Normally I have one or two favorites, but with a class of only 11, I have about 11 favorites, all for different reasons.

The apartment is coming along, slowly but it is. Today at school we had a cake to celebrate our boys futbol team victory in the tournament (two of the boys that received medals are in my class!). One of the teachers asked if anyone wanted to keep the cake box. I said I would. My students asked me what I would use it for, and I told them to hold my socks in my closet. WHHHHAAAAAAAAAAT! said one of them. Yup. Its true. I have a box of underwear, one for socks, one for tshirts. My closet is more like an open air pole and shelving unit. Theres not much to it, but I really learning to make due with what I have.

Im also learning more and more about my consumer mindset. Its a difficult lesson to learn, but its good for me. My apartment to my eyes looks rather bare and empty. However, I have a new outfit everyday. Something that my neighbors cannot say is true for them. I keep thinking of all the stuff I can get when I return to the states for a little while in the summer. My mind swims in thoughts of Wal'mart, and I become sad thinking that I wont be able to fit all I want in my suitcases to bring back here. This is probably one of the hardest things for me. To leave behind that mentality seems impossible.

I wish I could send pictures of my students, they are all so cute. Hopefully I will have some when I return so you can have some faces to go with the names of them.

Genas stupid act of the week:

I went to the bathroom and forgot to put the toilet paper in the garbage. Instead I plopped it in the toilet. You should have seen my eyes pop out. I was laughing at myself but at the same time, thinking FREAKING CRAP now i have to stick my hand down there and get it out. Yeh, life down here is grand.

oh p.s. weve been told that we must reduce our time on the internet at the school due to rising costs. therefore if you send me an email but I dont reply right away, it is because my internet access has decreased, not because I dont want to write back.