What a week! Monday we had an away volleyball game at another private school here in town. I had a sub teach my class because I got out of school an hour early to take the team. I'm still trying to grasp the concept of athletics here. The lack of competitiveness drives me nuts but it's still fun. Teams don’t keep a win-loss record here in the DR because there is no reason to. You have no season, postseason, or even a schedule. Our games are scheduled the day before we play. Unfortunately our girl’s team lost Monday, but the guys team won! This Saturday we are leaving at 5:30am to take the team to the Capital (Santa Domingo) for a tournament. It's the #1 academic school in the country (they even have air conditioning!!!) It will be a long day, we play several games and we are not expected to return until 8 or 10pm but it will provide a great opportunity to get to spend some time hanging out with the high schoolers.
Tuesday night I went out to eat at a Vegetarian restaurant with the Young Life leader who was my sister’s college friend. It was delicious and nice to get out into town and experience something new.
As I was walking to the store on Tuesday I noticed something I had not seen here yet. There was a chicken on a leash. Let me paint the picture for you since it's not safe to have my camera. There was a chicken who had a black leash tied around his ankle and he was tied to a big rock. I was laughing so hard to myself. I called my dad and told him he would not believe it and he said it was probably someone's dinner...but then this morning the same chicken was on the same leash on my way to school. I made a comment to the people I was with and they said he's probably a fighter that makes money in cock fights. Wow - so I have a money making chicken that lives down the street from me..I think I might name him soon, I’ll keep you updated!
If you think Christmas starts early in the states than come visit the DR! My neighbors have X-mas lights up already, and my roommate apparently caught the bug because she went out and bought a X-mas tree. They do not celebrate Halloween or Thanksgiving here, so Christmas is the next holiday they have to look forward to. The stores have all X-mas items out and it's not even Halloween yet.
Last night at Young Life and we had Halloween night! I dressed up as a Hershey Kiss! I will leave some humiliating pictures as evidence. The club went great and it was fun to see the students dressed up.
Today was a long day. We had 1/2 day with the students and then we had parent/teacher conferences. I spoke with 20 parents. I only had two parents who were unable to make it. It was draining, not only the conferences, but the Spanglish I spoke most the afternoon. I had a translator when I really needed it, but in this culture it’s a different atmosphere when meeting with parents. I finished my day and made it to my apartment around 7:30pm! I'm grading and have a full day of classes tomorrow, TGIF!
I hope all is well. I've heard from many people that the weather is starting to get cooler in Indiana. I'm not sure if I consider myself lucky yet or not because I am still melting in the 90 degree days of hot sun and humidity! I might start bragging soon – but I’ll wait until we both cool down a bit
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Great update! Love the hershey kiss outfit! Did you get a chance to show that off during your days at HU???? haha! I heard you were coming home for Christmas! I know it will be a nice break for you and your dad is very much looking forward to having you back as I'm sure the rest of your family is too! Take care and keep cool! Think of all of us here, it was 50 and raining all day! Ugh!
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