Movin' Along

Okay, so what's new? The library is still an epic failure. People keep lying to me, telling me that we're going to start and then something always comes up. One of these days. I'll let you all know when things get going.

Computer classes are as usual. I'm doing most of the teaching now, for grades six and under. It's rather treacherous because the kids don't really behave too well and are used to getting away with everything. I'm going to try some positive and negative reinforcement this week, something they haven't had much of. I'm also trying to spice up the classes a little and stick to topics the kids are somewhat interested in... for now. All in all, things are going as expected.

On the bright side I had my first English/Computer class with the teachers this afternoon. It was fantastic. We only got to English today, but I think I'm going to stick with that for awhile. We'll see. It's nice to work with a group of people that are motivated and want to be in my class. It was so much fun. Today we worked on the alphabet and basic frases. Just speaking and reading as we went along. It's nice too because they all are active participators. They laughed a lot at each others' pronunciations, but didn't goof off like my fifth graders. It was especially excellent becuase Don Rodolfo, our English teacher was there and was able to help the other teachers transition to English pronunciation. He's definitely an asset to have around. I'm going to work separately with him in the future to help better his English; he has a great foundation, just needs to practice conversing and perhaps some writing.

Aside from work, I made some awesome lasagna last night with the neighbors. Thanks for the recipe, Amanda. Here's your shout out! Anyway, the kids next door helped me, we cooked it in the over at the old lady's house next door (yeah, hemmoroid cream lady), and ate it at my neighbor's. The kids enjoyed it and it tasted great. I had to improvise a little, but it worked out just fine and tasted delicious, especially because I had been playing soccer all afternoon and was starving by the time it was ready (who knew I played sports).

After lasagna I headed home to retire for the night. Well, I was laying in my hammock reading (I just started The Night Trilogy, so good so far) and I heard some rustling near my trash can. I tried to ignore it, but it just continued. Sounded like a rat to me. I'm working on fixing this problem, but haven't got around to it yet. Anyway, I don't like rats, obviously, and I took the broom and started wacking it around the corner the trash can is in. Nothing really happened. Then, I looked down and thought I saw a pile of shit, literally. Gross. How did it get there and WHO did it come from. It was no rat. Well, turns out it wasn't shit, it was a giant brown toad. I tried to chase it out of my house, but instead just chased it around my house for a long time. Finally I gave up. Hopefully it'll eat some bugs.

Anyway, I'm done with work for the week and leaving early tomorrow for the beach! I'll check in when I get back.