Amanda, Olivia, Quinton, Charles and Mark
The bandThat weekend also included the Day of the Pine Tree - the national tree. (By the way does England have a National tree, and if so what is it? Oak?) It turned out there was a big carnival in town and so we ventured down on Saturday afternoon to take a gander. It was the same as the other parades we have been to - army shooting guns etc. Was a nice change to a Saturday though.
More guns
Watching the ParadeWe had Dave's birthday and so went up to their house for a party on the Sunday evening and a bonfire - was so lovely and relaxing up there with my friends. I will definitely miss Dave and Esther when they go!
Dave, Enoc and Jorge
View from camp of Sigua - through the trees and the High Ropes Course
This week we went to the cinema on Friday night to see 310 to Yuma - which I promptly fell asleep in (after the reel snapped and had to be mended!). Saturday we went to lunch with Profe Marisol, then went to Enoc's birthday party in the evening. That was quite lovely indeed and just what I needed! To relax in his beautiful garden and chill out and chat - perfect - thanks Enoc! Sunday was lunch with the leaders at the camp, followed by games and chatting at the Haglers house, which we then left to go to Israel and Holly's house for a Karaoke party for Bessie's birthday! Too much!!
All good fun, but by the end of Sunday evening I was shattered and peopled out! I have turned out to be quite the social butterfly!!
This is a very brief run down of events and doesn't really do life here any justice at all. But, needless to say I am loving it!!
The weather here has reminded me I live near the Caribbean - it has been SO hot! Last week it was in the high 30's all week apparently. In some bigger, lower lying cities it was low 40's. Gorgeous here as it is not humid - but it does not make me want to stay in a hot classroom with sweaty children! After school, Amanda and I would go along to the pool for a swim to cool down - pretty perfect actually!
So...there are officially 3 weeks left of school, including this week. I need to get the curriculum finished by Frday, next week is revision week and the last week exam week. The children dont come in after 6th June but after that we still have to do recuperation exams and re-enforcement lessons for the children who fail any exams. Officially our term ends at the end of June - but a month without children makes it more bearable!
Also quite excited about the fact I am going to see Prince Caspian at the cinema on Friday!!
From the 7th June I move into Ken and Sue's house to house sit for 3 months. Their dogs have just had puppies (last week) and they are adorable - so adorable I am having 2 of them!!!! Labradors! Oh so cute. But it means that when I house sit I will have 2 dogs, 5 puppies, 5 turtles and a cat to look after! Amanda will be with me for the first 2 weeks before she heads back to Canada for the summer.
So.....that's it really. Just wanted to say I'm still here! Loving it!
Here are some links to more of my photos (for those who haven't seen them on Facebook!)
2 comments:
Thankyou for updating-- have been worried about you(should have known better) you certainly have some excitement in your life don't you. Good luck with the exams and the house/pet sitting, one thing -- who is doing the looking after while you are on holiday? What are you going to call the puppies when you have them? Looking forward to seeing you in summer. much love & God Bless. Jean.
Life sounds a wonderful mix for you at the moment. Its been brilliant to see all your photos really missed your updates recently
but glad you are ok and apologies accepted!!!
Jean P
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