Rain

Week two is underway and it's going to be a long week full of tests and quizzes. Sadly that makes for squirrley thrid graders; totally understandable though. Giving the first test is always a forboding feeling because you never really know what to expect until you start to grade. I'm hoping that I've been doing enough to help my students pick up concepts and learn.

After being here for 3 weeks our house is finally full. Kelsey arrived on Saturday, but it seems she has been for longer than that. It is such a blessing to have such wonderful housemates. Life will certainly be full of laughter and I may actually relax a little bit as the year goes on.

I am finding out daily that life here is going to grow me more as a person than anything. Daily life is making me laugh at the small things that go wrong instead of my normal tendency to over analyze life. I know for many people that must be thrilling news that I may actually relax for once! Dominican life could potentially be helpful for future teaching ventures and for my life in general.

Learning to laugh will be crucial as next week we start our reading program at school. I have been placed with the 1st graders. I love the first graders but they don't speak English and well right now my Spanish is probably about at the level of their English. Should be a fun year teaching them how to read and recognize words. I

Rain...it isn't even rainy season yet and it's raining...but for now I love the rain. Rain here means cooler temperatures, less sweat and lots of wet & smelly dogs. But the temperature thing is a wonderful break from the heat.