This morning I woke at 4:30, showered and made my proffee to start the day. When I got to the Comedor for breakfast (although breakfast is the only meal I do not eat with the children), many of the team members were already there saying their goodbyes. I went over to the Toddlers section since I do not eat breakfast, and noticed that Brithany was at the table with her head down, not eating...when all the other toddlers were at least half done with breakfast. When I sat down next to her, she perked up quickly and I told her that she needed to eat, and she did! Sara also came over by me as well, to sit with me while the Bible study was going on and the small boys recited their Bible verses.
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| Dilver with the small boys reciting their Bible verses |
After breakfast, I headed to the school to look for Profe Jorge and find out what I would be teaching and my schedule for the upcoming week. Although the high school students didn't have class today, Danielle thought that the teachers would still be there, meeting and planning for the upcoming week. Nobody, including teachers, were in the school. So I wasn't able to get books and plans to work on over the weekend. This very well might be another instance of trying to "wing it" on Monday, just as I did over spring break...but hoping not.
So I used the rest of the morning to do a "photo dump" to the blog of our travels back home in the summer of 2023, as well as finish up the day(s) I had missed posting over spring break when I was here visiting Noah.
We were told that we would be getting another female volunteer in this house later today, so right before lunch I swept and mopped the fourth bedroom for her since I was sure the floor was just as dusty as mine. If you've read blogs in the past, you know that I am sweeping on just about a daily basis. I like to keep the windows open throughout the day so that fresh air can circulate, which means that dust more easily enters the room, not to mention what gets tracked in and out as we enter and leave multiple times throughout the day.
After lunch, I decided to lay down for about 2 hours. The massive change in diet just started affecting my intestines and I knew that I just needed to straighten them out and stay still for a bit in order for all to get sorted out instead of feeling knotted up and cramped. It was a HOT day today, for sure. I feel like all afternoon, my entire body was covered in a layer of sweat. I am making sure I drink enough water, so that is a good thing. I love ice water, but not so much a fan of room temperature water, so each year I bring down flavor packets for my water to encourage me to drink as much as possible.
When I woke from my nap, I mixed a mango punch flavor packet into my bottle of water and then headed to the Toddler House, because the toddlers should have also been waking from their naps at the same time. I spent a little time in their sala watching Coco before we walked together towards the Comedor. At supper, I let Brithany know that if she finished her water, I would give her some of my "juice" (which is what I call my flavored water). She was eager to finish her water to get to try the "juice". Then I headed to my spot to sit down and eat with the medium boys and John. This evening's meal was rice, beans and shredded cheese. When I finished eating, I headed over to Dilver to give him a half a cup of the mango flavored "juice". He got really excited to have it as well.
When we got back to the Girls Volunteer House, Ana and Olivia let me know that they would be spending the night with the small girls. They have done this twice before with 2 different houses of girls, and I am so excited for them to try things like this. Quite a few years ago, Alina spent the night with some of her friends here in their dorm, and she had the time of her life. The girls were just as excited about Alina staying with them as well. The volunteer still hadn't arrived, so it was a good thing I napped today in order to be able to wait up for her. The team bus (with the volunteer on it) arrived around 9:30pm, which is way later than any of us would stay up. I am typically in bed by about 7pm as it is already getting dark here at 6pm and we need our sleep in order to wake so early. The volunteer's name is Nora and Cristian brought her to the house with her suitcases. I gave her a set of keys and a quick run down of the house and then showed her to her room so that she could make up her bed and get to sleep as quickly as possible. She looked so tired! And with that, I went to sleep as well.
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