Turkey Day!!!!

I hope everyone had a very happy thanksgiving. Mine was much better than I expected it to be- being my firsst thanksgiving away from family. We had a huge get together at a friends house with all the Americans we could find. I think they said there were about 80 plus people there not including the 30 something children. I loved having the children running around because it made it feel like home. One of the guys had traveled to the states and back the week before thanksgiving and in one of his stop overs in another country picked up a couple of turkeys. We were all super excited- though we each only got a small slice we still had turkey on thanksgiving in Africa :-) There was also mashed potatoes, dressing, green bean casserole, pumpkin pie, one pecan pie, and a couple more comfort foods from home. I ate way too much! It was so worth it though. We got in a big circle after we ate and sang, read a short story to the kids, and said what we were thankful for.

In other news, I have moved upstairs and have 3 new roomies. A girl from upstairs and I switched places, not by my choice, but I am getting adjusted. The girl that I am now sharing a room with and I rearranged our room yesterday. After a week of living in an unpacked chaotic room it's nice to be settled in. I am still adjusting to the new way of doing things up here, but my roomies are great. Last night we decorated for Christmas, ate leftovers from thanksgiving, and watched a Christmas movie (complete with hot chocolate). It was nice.

It is finally winter here (which feels more like spring in Florida). Last night we slept with the windows open and just fans, no a/c or air coolers. It's so nice and breezy at night and in the mornings. It still warms up in the afternoon but it's not nearly as hot as it has been before.

The football team (soccer really) from school has a huge tournament this afternoon. A bunch of us are going to support our students. They have been asking me to come for a while but the games are usually in the evening when I am in Arabic class. I am pretty excited because there are 4 students from year 4 on the team and I pretty much know the rest of the kids.

Starting tomorrow I will have a new schedule at school. I will not be working with just year 4 and 5. I am going to be spread out between reception (the 4 year olds), year 2, year 4, year 5, and year 6. So my schedule is about to become even busier at school. My base will still be in year 4, helping in the morning with homework, grading, copies, etc. But I will also be working with the other classes on literacy and fluency in reading.

Until later- have a good week and happy after-thanksgiving shopping! :-)