A Good First Week Back

We have officially been back for a week.  The students got here yesterday and it was good to see some of the old faces from last year.  TJ is teaching 8th grade science again, so he feels a bit more prepared than this time last year.  His students seem a lot more manageable than last year too.

So far I am really enjoying my job. I have an amazing office this year, and am doing a lot of administration stuff like parent meetings, updating documents and helping teachers make accommodations for students. 

Honduras is still Honduras.... A little bit crazy, with many things that don't make sense to our Canadian brains, but it has been smooth coming back.

It is hard however, wishing we could be with family right now, and not being able to.  Thinking of all of my family right now- I am there in spirit, if not in body. Love you all. Xoxoxo

Welcome back!

Well, after a long and amazing summer, we had to say goodbye to Canada and hello to Honduras.

It was a pretty hard goodbye this time, but luckily we were both so tired from our cottaging at Macmillan's with the Moscos that we were pretty much in a daze until.... Yesterday.

I managed not to cry once (a feat for me you all know!), although it almost happened saying goodbye to our new dog Story. (For everyone shocked by this statement, Story is not actually our dog, she is my parent's dog that they are trying- quite successfully to pawn off onto us.). Saying goodbye to Mom and Dad at the airport was hard too..... Although I think maybe TJ was closer to shedding a tear than I.

Our travels here here smooth, all on time, and only a mere 12 hours and 3 planes! We had both said that we knew how hot I would be here, but it does seem even hotter than we remember.  Although, we have managed to keep the AC on only minimally.

We were also welcomed back by nearly 25 new foreign staff, which is a big group, and a lot of new faces to learn.  The girls next to us seem great, although we miss the Marquardt-Cices a lot.

Although we haven't started school yet, I am really excited for my new job as the head of the resource department, and TJ is looking forward to finally getting to teach the same thing two years in a row.

We are looking forward o the next few weeks, and getting to meet many new faces.  Although we really didn't want to leave Canada, it is good to be back, and it's shaping up to be a great year.

Miss everyone back home, can't wait to see you at Christmas!

Girls weekend in Copan

This trip was the last girls excursion of the year.  There were about 20 of us, including two baby girls!  It seemed like the EIS teachers took over Copan for the weekend.

It was a pretty casual trip..... We left Friday and stayed until Sunday, and didn't do too much except each good food, drinks good drinks and enjoy each other's company.  Most of the girls stayed at the hostel, Iguana Azul, which is one of the nicest I have seen.  However, some of us decided to live in luxury, and go next door to Casa de Cafe. There are beautiful gardens here, a delicious free breakfast, free Internet and the nicest staff of anywhere I have been.  It was a bit pricier, but well worth it.

We at at San Rafeal, Twisted Tania's, and the pizza place, whose name escapes me now.

Of course, we also visited Thomas in the German brewery.  As always his beers were delicious, and he had some trouble fitting us all in an already packed bar!  We also visited a new place called Costes, and went to the always popular Papa Chango's dance club.  

We had lots of time to relax in hammock and get some reading done as well.  The gardens at tho hotel were perfect for this.  We got back to San Pedro Sula refreshed, and feeling a little sad that we would soon have to say goodbye to many of our friends.