As of yesterday I have officially returned home to a hot and muggy Cumanda; such a treat after spending the week shivering in Florida. The trip was a great trip, full of delicious foods, wine that doesn’t come from a box and wonderful people. The transition back was fairly easy; the hardest part was having a numbered amount of meals and soo many different restaurants and things to eat! Defiantly could’ve used two stomachs for this trip.
The week before I left for Florida (Christmas week) was spent handing out little baggies of goodies to the school children. Since I live in Cumanda and sometimes work in Bucay (two different “towns”) I got to help deliver the bags for each community. Also Alice and I took it upon us to make over 300 Christmas cookies and handed out small boxes to our friends to share some of our Christmas traditions and to show how thankful we are for their help and patience. Why does baking dozens and dozens of cookies seem fun until you actually start doing it and then it just turns into work?
It's a new year and my work calendar is empty. I'm headed to meet my counterpart in a little bit so hopefully he’ll have some suggestions of things I can work on. One can always be hopeful. The school year for the students ends at the end of January so I’ll continue with my English classes and I also have a personal goal to meet with the director of the high school here in Cumanda and ask for an hour time slot to teach a basic geography/social studies class for the upcoming school year. Hmm I wonder if I need any type of credentials to teach a high school class.
I’m also hoping to host a basketball camp for the girls here in February so I should probably start planning activities, funding, locations etc in order to make that a successful week.
This morning I woke up to clear skies (rarely ever happens in the mornings here) and birds chirping in my own bed that is lined with freshly washed and dried American sheets. I can’t help but believe it’s going to be a good year. LOVE.
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