So since the last posting, things have continued to go pretty well. School is rolling along. Friday was Halloween. The preschool kids were allowed to dress up, so I had a class full of witches, princesses, baseball players, and even a ninja and a cowboy (complete with sideburns!) The kids were adorable! The rest of the school just got a “color day” where they could wear jeans and a t-shirt instead of their uniform. The morning with my 4 year olds was pretty fun. We had a fashion show, took some pictures, went to a haunted house, went trick-or-treating around to different classrooms, then came back to color and eat some of the candy. My afternoon was spent at the karaoke competition with the 6-12 graders. I got there after it started so I missed some of the acts, but it was so fun! The kids were so into it. Lots of people sang along or just got up and danced. I really hope that we are able to do it again.
After school Rachel and I went to Berlitz for Spanish class, as normal. On the way home we were trying to cross the street, which was insanely busy, and just thinking to ourselves how we are probably going to be standing on the sidewalk forever trying to get across when all of a sudden a car slows down and rolls down their windows and says “Texas Tech?” I look and it’s the Senator from Santiago that I met when he came to Tech! He gave us a ride home and we got to talk to him a bit about life here. It was so good to see him! I was wondering when we would get the chance to meet up with him, and he just so happened to come when we needed him! Now that he knows where we live hopefully we will get to see him more often. His mom is good friends and neighbors with our house mom, so hopefully that will happen!
Oh, please be praying for Abuelo. In case you have forgotten, one of our housemates is Mary’s father who is 102. He fell on Saturday morning in the bathroom and hit his head on the side of the tub. He had to go get stitches. He seems fine right now – a little shaken up after it happened, but who wouldn’t be? He’s been talking and acting normal, so I’m not too worried about him. I just worries me whenever I see him moving around. He fell twice a few weekends ago, so this was not his first time. Just pray that he heals and hopefully doesn’t fall any more. With that, also pray for Mary.
One good thing about being here is I am getting to see some of the movies that I didn’t get a chance to see this summer because it takes them a few months to get here. Last night I went with Katie to see Mama Mia. I thought it was fantastic – not to mention Meryl Streep is like my new favorite actress. She really played it up! I know there were multiple times that I wanted to stand up and start singing and dancing along with the movie, but I restrained myself. But if anyone is up for watching it soon and having a sing and dance along party, I’m totally game! Not to mention that after the movie I got to come back and watch part of the Tech game! I’ll be honest, I spent most of the day watching ESPN while “being productive”. It made me miss Lubbock so much! Oh, but the game was fantastic! I am so glad that we have ABC, not to mention 3 English ESPN channels and one or two Spanish ESPN channels! I just wish that I could have watched and cheered along with someone else. Though technically I guess I did, considering that I got to be the sports commentator for Lauren all the way out there in Australia!
Hmm… in other news we got to go to the beach again last weekend. It was our first time to venture off on our own out of the city. Getting there was a bit difficult. We started at the wrong bus stop but was guided the right direction by a nice guy who spoke English. Then got our tix and had to wait 2 hours for our bus time. Then took 2.5 hours to get to the beach. Once we got there it was fantastic! There were huge waves that were super fun to play in! It felt really nice and didn’t rain until we were packing up our things to leave. Not to mention I didn’t burn! I didn’t tan either, but not burning is still a huge deal. The ride back was nice and relaxing. Overall the day was fantastic! I’m still excited that we made it there and back all by ourselves.
The weekend before we went to Calle del Sol. This is a main street downtown with lots of fun stores – most of which sell cheap crap basically, but it’s still fun. I got a super fun dress, now I just need an excuse to wear it. We practiced our Spanish by asking how much things cost and directions to a certain store. I was pretty proud of our skills. I know we are far from fluent, but shopping is a great way to practice!
Well, I think that catches you up. Minus the pictures, I know. They’re coming. I promise.
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