Wow.. That went quick!

Hello adoring readers. Apologies for the lack of posting on my part. My computer broke again and I haven't been very successful with getting it fixed. This month has been full of a lot of work, but also a lot of play.

Work: My kids are making progress. I think for the most part we've finally gotten to a place where they respect me and we're able to have fun with what we're learning. I'm looking forward to getting a lot done with the kids. We have some really fun activities planned for this week. So, if the kids are willing to get stuff done, we'll learn a lot and have fun doing it! I'll write more about the kids some other time.

Play: What I really want to type about and what I think most of you would like to hear about. Two weekends ago now, I went to a all inclusive resort for a weekend. We got in at a super cheap rate. All you can eat-- deffinately got my fill of nummy deserts and breakfast sausage.

All you can drink-- tried a Tom Collins and drank a HORRIBLE bloody mary. All the air conditioning you can stand-- we had it on HIGH. We only paid $98 for the night (divided by the 3 of us). The beach at this resort was so much different than the beach here in Punta Cana and it's only maybe 30 minutes up the coast. White sandy sand and big waves!

On Friday (this weekend) I went with two of my girlfriends here to a place called Soleis. To get to Soleis you have to drive through meandering higher class apartment complex on the beach. You park in their parking lot and then walk through these condos scattered along the beach. Then from inbetween the condos and some palms soleis slowing begins to appear. It's this amazing little oasis on the beach serving mixed drinks, wine, beer, and delicious deserts. THe seating at this place includes your normal tables and chairs, but we sat at one of their raised platforms in the sand. THere were 2 long padded bench seats facing eachother with a mini table in between. The platform has wood framing over top on which there were long sheets of white cloth drapped and blowing in the wind. Talk about a romantic place to get sloshed! The moon was out in all its glory. Waves were splashing up onto the beach. IT was the kind of night where the ocean wound up looking like mercury. Beautiful!

Here it the view from where I was sitting at Soleis. Turn your head sideways ;)

First Day of Classes!

Today was the first day of classes. They're done finally! The kids, as you can imagine, are crazy being back at school and were asking from 8am on if it was time to go home yet. The kids have drastically varying levels of English knowledge... much greater than I had expected to find. There are about 14 kids in each class. We were missing a few today which is apparently to be expected. I taught Math and Language Arts today... and by taught I mean... well ... we did some ice breakers and played some math games... didn't get into the material at all. We still don't have the language arts or math books for the students. Absolutely ridiculous. My room is kinda messy. The kids bring materials to leave in the room... There are a lot of bags of stuff in my room that I'll have to sort out once the kids have gone. There are 11 minutes until class is officially dismissed for the day.

Anyways, time to plan etc. for the rest of the week. I am so hot in my uniform, as soon as the kids leave this shirt is coming off!!!