After
a nice long break from the island it was nice to get home and see everyone.
When we got back to the island it was my birthday. My roommates made me a
chocolate cake and we went swimming for the day. We have done a lot of swimming
lately because it is about the only way we can cool off here. I was honestly
just happy to be back to my new normal after being in New Zealand for two
weeks. After my birthday it was time to get back into the swing of school. I
was excited to get back to school just so that I could get back on my normal
schedule for a day. I was also excited to see my students since I really hadn’t
seen them since I had gotten back from New Zealand. The first day back at
school felt like the first day of school all over. The students were filled
with energy and excitement and were not used to sitting down all day. We had
some pipe issues the first day back so we actually only had a half day the
first day which was really nice.
The rest of the week at school went
pretty well. It took my students a little bit to remember what we were talking
before we went on break. We also have not had the end of the semester yet. It
might be a student’s worst nightmare but it is also a teacher’s worst
nightmare. We had a two weeks off of school and now we are supposed to have
final exams. Trying to get my students to think back to what we discussed in
August is almost like pulling teeth. We have reviews for the rest of the week
and then next week we will start our final exams. After all of that is over I
will get a nice weeklong break while my parents come to visit the island. I am
not real sure who is more excited my parents or me! This has been the longest
we have ever been apart before.
On Saturday we had the opportunity
to go grocery shopping. This is a big deal for us. Shivaun called us and told
us to meet her at the store and she would drive us wherever we needed to go for
the day. We got a whole bunch of groceries. It was nice to restock up our
fridge and I found some new foods that I am going to try out. Every time we go
to the store I always find some kind of food that I want to try out. We also
had the opportunity to get our packages. Big shout out to my grandma for
sending me care package filled with supplies for tacos and other things! I
absolutely love getting the packages. The bars are also disappearing quite
quickly it seems that our friends on the island really like your bars! J
It is now Tuesday afternoon and my
students have been sent home from school for the day. We had an early out today
because we are having some pipe issues at the school. The water was not working
at school so the students were all sent home at noon. In the morning the vice
principal came into the classroom saying that they had no water so no one was
allowed to go to the bathroom. If a student had to go to the bathroom they
would have to either use their bike or ask a friend to use their bike to go
home and go to the bathroom. Any student that did not come back to school would
receive a zero in all classes and would be counted absent for the school day.
It was really amazing the second that the announcement was made my students all
had to go to the bathroom. I couldn’t believe how they all of the sudden had to
go to bathroom…
Hope
you are all having a great week back home we are still sweating it out here in
Samoa.
With
Love,
Abby
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