Like promised I told you I was going to keep you posted on
our little rat situation. I was asking around to all the locals seeing what
they did to keep rats out of the home. Most of them laughed and said that they
don’t have a rat problem in the house. Thankfully, one of the teachers at
school offered to help us with this problem. He came over and showed us how to
set the traps. For the time being I felt a little better about the situation.
Last night we went about our regular nightly activities. We
went to the local volleyball match and played a couple of rounds. After the
game a couple of our new friends told us that they had ordered pizza for us and
would come around eight with it. To say we were a little excited about getting
pizza was an understatement. We were all eagerly waiting for the clock to hit
eight so we could enjoy our pizza. At around eight we got the call about pizza.
The boys and Lima had brought us pizza and pop and we had our little picnic
outside. When I go home it might kill me that I won’t be able to go outside as
much as I do here. We enjoyed our pizza and pops sitting on a grave. Yes, I did
say grave. It is common here to see people sitting on graves. The graves here
are on the family’s property marking that it is a families land. It was a great
night under the stars, eating pizza, and making new friends.
After we enjoyed our meal we decided to head in for the
night. I usually stay up later than my other two roommates. I sit in my room
reading and just having “quiet time”. If you know anything about me I need to
have a couple of hours to myself a day otherwise I get real crabby. Just ask
anyone in my family! As I was reading I heard a loud snap and to say I was
relieved was an understatement. I heard the loud snap of the trap going and I
could finally go to sleep knowing the little devil was dead.
In the morning we went hunting for the rat and found it in
our kitchen. I had told my roommates and Virginia being the animal lover was
like poor little rat. Dana was terrified and would not go near the corner in
which we had set the trap. I on the other hand was intrigued by it. I was
looking at it and trying to figure out a way to get rid of it. I took it out to
our screened in porch and let it set there. That way it wouldn’t stink up the
house and I had to figure out how to get it out of the trap. When I got home tonight
the rat and the trap was gone. I am thinking a local cat smelt it and took it
for supper. At least we got rid of it and hopefully it was our last one!
So far this week school has been going well. I am finally
getting the hang of being a teacher. I still face many problems everyday but
that is typical. I am starting to really catch onto the language. Which is good
because I am sick of not knowing what people are saying to me. I just want to
interact in conversation with everyone. Slowly but surely we will get an
understanding for it. Tomorrow we have our open house for the school. Parents
are allowed to come to school and see the classroom. They can watch us teach a
lesson and talk to us to see if we are having any problems with the students. I
am excited to meet some of the parents of the students.
Lastly, I got mail today!!! Mail days are literally my
favorite days. My grandma had sent me letters and I laughed along with parts of
it and enjoyed every moment of reading them`. It was so nice getting
information about what was going on back home. That’s one of the hardest parts
I feel so left out from home! I also got my fan that I had ordered a couple of
weeks ago. We decided to buy fans to see if it would save on our electric bill.
I bought one online and it even has a remote and sound setting on it. I feel so
spoiled being able to lie in bed and turn my fan on. I swear the littlest
things make me so happy these days.!
With Love,
Abby
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