The days following the National Elections went very smoothly. I watched the news eagerly for any signs of trouble, but besides a few small protests there was nothing. Juan Orlando for the National Party was declared the winner. Tuesday I went to El Patio for dinner with Meghan since she is headed to the states for a couple months.
Wednesday was a busy day, but manageable because we were heading into a long weekend! Ashley and the "castle people" (named for their apartment building) hosted a great Thanksgiving dinner this week. Kelsey Stacey, and I were able to stay late after Salsa lessons this week, which was fun because we were able to dance with people from other levels of classes.
Thursday I drove to the airport to pick up Mom, Dallas, and Nathan. Their flights had all gone well and arrived on time. They admired my driving skills on the way back to my apartment. Later, we walked to the school to view my classroom and I gave them a tour of the whole school. We ate at Baleadas Express for dinner! When we woke on Friday morning the power was out, so the neighbour kindly made mom and I coffee. Then it was off to El Picacho where I hoped they would be able to enjoy the outdoors despite the cold and cloudy weather. In the afternoon, we drove out to Valle de Angeles to look at the shops and pick up some things to send home as Christmas gifts. We had dinner there and then spent the rest of the evening being lazy. Saturday morning, we woke early and headed over to the Stadium market. I think mom enjoyed this stop. I bought them some pupusas for breakfast. After that, we went downtown to El Centro. I was a little nervous about this part, but everything went fine and I thought it was an important sight to see. We ate lunch at a wonderful crepes place! For dinner, we met with Ms. Cuty and her husband at El Patio (an atmosphere of Honduras). It was a lovely evening! We slept in Sunday morning and then braved the roads back to the airport.
Wow, made it through a long week! Everyday felt like pulling teeth as we attempted to fit instructional time between Christmas rehearsals. Wednesday was school, faculty meeting, spanish tutor, and salsa class. It was our last class for Level 1! It was fun as we celebrated a classmate's birthday and said our "goodbyes for now".
The day of the Christmas concert was very long! It was only a half day of school, but then we had a math seminar and ATLAS/TESC work to do. The kids came back to school at 5pm; it was a mixture of stress and excitement as Ms. Cuty and I attempted to corral the kids on the bus with their santa hats. We got off at the high school gym and we tried to stay in two straight lines as all the Kindergartners walked across the stage. However, the kids performed well and no body fell off the stage! I remembered to turn all the pages for the high school accompanist and the faculty choir hit most of the notes = success!
