It's been a crazy couple of weeks, getting into the swing of things around here. We are now almost halfway through the first bimester (half of a semester), and everything is starting to normalize a little bit. With over 120 students each, it's a lot of marking to get through.
The past two weekends we have just stayed around San Pedro Sula, and spent a lot of time at the pool (we have access to a hotel pool that one of the parents owns). We've also started to get our apartment set up. We are pretty excited about getting our living room painted grey next week!
This weekend is a long weekend (to celebrate teachers day on monday!) and we are heading with a bunch of people to Utila, an island off the coast. We are leaving at noon on friday, and taking the ferry there at 4:00. We will try to post some pictures next week when we get back…. We are planning to do some snorkelling and paddle boarding and get some much deserved RandR.
During the week our neighbours have kept us busy with ultimate frisbee, spinning class and yoga. It seems like there is something going on every night. I think we are even starting to get used to the heat. The first couple days we played frisbee I thought we might drop dead from the heat…. seems to be pretty usual now.
We have also started to notice less desirable things about our apartment. Today I found a gecko in our kitchen (so small! About half the size of my pinky). Last night, a cockroach dropped on TJ and not only did he scream like a six year old (a wimpy six year old), he also ran himself int me to try and get it off….. While I didn't mind the gecko, the cockroach was pretty gross….
Today was the independence day march at the school. It was kind of neat to be a part of the celebration that is so important to the country. HOWEVER, it involved marching around the entire school (which it pretty big) with 800 students, and trying to get them to stand int a line. All this in sunny 30 degree weather… Needless to say, we were all pretty hot and tired by the end of it. Teaching 7 periods after that was no easy task. Still, compared to our jobs last year, it was delightful!
Hope everyone back home reading this is doing well, and we hope to talk to you soon!
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