This week seemed to fly by as the big Independence Celebration and long weekend were just ahead. However, the week was packed with activities galore. Tuesday was Children's Day which meant snacks at school. Two students had birthdays bringing lots of sugar with them. The mothers come into the classroom at lunch to serve cake and drinks. Here can see a video of my room and might help with the sense of space in the Preschool building. You can hear how hard it is raining in the video. http://youtu.be/ocIfR0o6Ueo Friday was the Independence Day Parade. All of the students in our building marched around the parking lot, which was quite a ways for the little preschoolers. The kids did such a good job marching around with their signs and standing in the heat during the ceremony!
Also here is a video you can see of my kids practicing for an assembly in a couple weeks. I have so many cute pictures and videos of them, but I'm going to play it safe and only post this one without their faces. http://youtu.be/JA7kV50DDuA
So despite the fact that I was set against buying a car while down here, it took less than two months for me to change my mind. Since walking anywhere is out of the question, it seems necessary to have a car or risk a taxi just to make it to the grocery store, much less any farther abroad. On Monday I looked at a car that had been recommended by a mechanic who was recommended by a man that works for the US Embassy. I decided it wasn't going to get much better that that, so now I just had to get a few issues worked out so I could buy it. Tuesday night was another big soccer game, this time Tegus was hosting the Panama team. Inconveniently, the teams tied though thankfully that is the last big game here for a while. On Friday, I stood in line at the bank for hours to make the money transfer to pay for the car and exchange all the necessary paperwork lined out. One of my roommates, Stacey, has kindly agreed to accompany on all this business to serve as translator. I owe her a dinner (or two)! I still need to purchase insurance, have it inspected, tint the windows, install an alarms, change the oil, and put new tires on it; but little by little these will be taken care of and then it will be time for an all new installment of driving adventures. Anyways the week is over. Tomorrow...off to Roatan!
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