TGIT

So, here TGIF is changed to TGIT because Thursday is the end of our week. We have Friday and Saturday off and start the new week on Sunday. It has been a good first week though. I am getting to know the kids better at school and building relationships with them and their parents which is exciting.



We did laundry last night. It's always an interesting task to do. The washer is up on the roof and not hooked up to water. So we have this tiny little piece of hose to fill it from a sink. My roomies and I carry buckets of water up instead because it is faster. The problem is that it's 2 flights up. And then you have to press another button to get it to go into the next cycle and hang the clothes to dry. The bright side is that the clothes dry very quickly here :-)


Tonight we had another cultural moment. We had a small group meeting at a house about a 10 minute walk from mine. There were 3 of us walking and of course it starts to rain. We thought we could make it so we kept going. Well...it only rained harder and began to storm. Then we heard a very loud noise only to turn around and see sparks coming from the power lines. We seriously thought it was coming down. The one guy that was with the 2 of us girls (he didn't know exactly where we were going) wanted to stop and go into "shelter, run for cover" but us girls said no and kept walking, ha. Then we got to the major road we had to cross and there was a ditch on the other side. I told the guy to see if he could cross (so that I would know if I could or not :-) ) and he ended up slipping with one leg in the ditch up to his knee. I felt bad but still went around. Our umbrella was inside out but we made it to a covering across the street from where they live. But then didn't know which gate to use. Wait....it gets even more funny... So we call the guy who lives there to come to the side gate to let us in and he shows up with a towel on his head and his wife's clothes (to keep from getting wet) but it was HILARIOUS!!! Once we got inside we realized that the front door was too flooded to go in so we climbed through the side window. By this time I can't stop laughing :-) The wife made us all change into their clothing. The two of us girls ended up in her house dresses, which look like mumus for lack of better explanation, and the guy in his cordouroy pants and shirt. We were a sight to see, let me tell ya! To get home we all crammed in his truck. It was definitely a memorable evening!