i've been here a month, really?!

(Oops! Had some computer trouble, now this is a week late! Owell!)

It is hard to believe it has been a month already! Time is flying by, but we are so busy down here! Really a month is nothing when you have 2 years! Everyone keeps telling me the first year will be over in no time and I will soon be deciding if I want to renew a contract! I don't believe them... a year can't go by that fast!

Anyway, another great week under my belt. I am still happy, loving it, enjoying making new friends...some say it's the "honeymoon stage"... I am hoping it lasts a long time!

As far as work goes, it is busy and the schedule is crazy and I am trying to learn new curriculum (which I don't really love that much, because it is SO different from what I know and so one size fits all) Anyway... I am going to try to work around it and teach what I believe in while working in the required curriculum... wish me luck!

The students are pretty adorable- but SUPER chatty. Cultural, I know... but really they never stop talking! However, their schedule is super hectic and we are constantly transitioning... so I feel like that plays into it too... it may take me awhile, but I am determined to whip them into shape!

On the social side, I am having tons of fun meeting all of the new people! Loving my roomie, Elle and my new sobrino, Billy Moo! This Thursday we did not have school for Mother's Day in Costa Rica! Feliz dia de madre, Costa Rica! I went to the beach! We had a caravan of 4 cars and about 20 people at the beach and it was SO fun!! Turns out there were just a few bad apples on my first beach trip who managed to really spoil it for everyone, and they weren't on this beach trip and all was well!! I handled this group of 20 just fine! We had a great time and it was fun to get to know some of the other people I hadn't met yet! It is really nice to have a community of gringos here to relate to and spend time with... it's like instant friends!


The photos below are the gringo group and the Crocodile Bridge on the way to the beach! You can stop and see all of the crocodiles under the bridge! 


Gringo Group!

Crocodile Love!