Day # 143 Just one of those days.

Friday 6/14/13

This morning started off grate. I was sleeping and then I felt this little warm body crawl into bed with me . My puppy it such a cute ball of fuzz he definitely take some stress away with ever squeeze I give him or kiss he gives me. Any ways I was running late to work and then a huge rain cloud decided to open up and poor down on me so I had to wait before I could leave for work. When I got to work my day got much better. Now that I have made good friends with the new pe teacher I have someone at work to talk to and laugh with. Today we went into the computer lab to try and find some work out videos for the kids because of all the rain they could not go outside. I found a dance video to the "I'm a gummy bear" song the teachers thought I was crazy but when the kids saw it and heard it they loved it. So that was a grate feeling all of the teachers being silly, and the kids having fun.  When I got home it was time to wash some cloths, thank goodness I tied tied some line up on my veranda so my cloths wont get wet when it rains. Latter that evening I decided to go into town with my friend and lime (hang out) with some of his friends. We went to a popular restaurant that has a balcony so we could sit and talk. Their was a lot of people there. When we got back he showed me how to make a brown pot for dinner, its stewed chicken with dumplings and everything in the pot is brow. When that was all done we went to the Space Basket with the dance group to go dancing :) it was a good night.

This is the kids working out before the Gummy Bear dance :)

The Gummy Bear Dance link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hn61z3FlMQ     

Day # 142 almost done

Thursday 6/13/13

Today I had level 6, 7, 8 we worked on finishing the color wheel, its coming along grate! I just have to finish one last color. Once all of the kids had cut out their purple, greens and oranges they brought them over to e so that I could help them place them on the color wheel. Then for the kids who finished faster than the rest I had them work on different values of the red, blue and yellows (Primary colors). Once I had some of the pie pieces in place on the color wheel the teachers started to understand what I was doing. When its done I will put up a picture for you all to see so it will make sense to you!   When I got home I had stewed chicken with rice for dinner, Then I went to dance class. Tonight it was just a few of us their but it was a grate class we worked on he Casino circle dance. It was a 3hr class.

Day # 141 trouble makkers

Wednesday 6/12/13

First thing this morning I had the level 2a kids. Man oh man where they trouble makers. I had them go out side and collect things such as grass, rocks and leafs so that they could them as stamps. Every time I asked them to so something they gave me trouble, wouldn’t sit down, wouldn’t go to class could not share anything. They got paint all over the place. I had to stop early so they could all clean up. My snack was really good though I had a mango and a yogurt. I needed that brake so bad. My next class was even lower functioning than the 2a class, it’s the level 2. They are between 3-10 years old. I decided that I was going to use chocolate pudding that way if they ate it wouldn’t hurt them. So while I was waiting for the pudding to harden I gave them crayons and paper. As I looked over I saw one of the little ones eating a crayon. I should have guessed that was going to happen, men are they fast. Any ways when I finally got the pudding one of the girls made a hole bunch of hand prints and the little boy I was working with who is like 3 years old just learned how to say chocolate I think. He would dip his fingers in the pudding and lick it off and say mmmmmm chocolate it was so cute. I think I am the least strict teacher, because if they are having fun to me that’s all that matters. Any ways after work I went home and got ready for Gren Vill. Tonight is the gym kick my butt work out class. It was a grate class we went over some of the old dances and started learning some new ones. After the dancing part we worked on abs. I am exited because I am starting to look into carnival (Pretty mass) costumes and I need to work on my abs a little bit. I can get a one piece costume. A lot of the girls from the peace corps are doing pretty mass. Pretty mass is the carnival costumes you see all the woman wearing with all of the feathers and beads. I am so exited. Carnival is a crazy time of year. You think I don’t sleep much now carnival is August 12th and 3th but it starts the Sunday before. Any ways it was a good day and I will be ready to go to bed when I get home.

Day #140

Tusday 6/11/13

Today is the second day that I was teaching. I had the level 3 kids. I did not have any of my art supplies yet so I had them write out their names on paper and then color all of their favorite things on it. It was grate. The kids drew pictures of cars, trees, dogs, and houses. Some of the kids where at lower levels so they did more abstract things. After school I went into town and went shopping with my friend. We are going to a wedding and she needs to find a pair of shoes to go with her dress. It rained so much yesterday it was nice but it was so humid though. Wen I got home i started to cook dinner. I made a variation of split pee sup using curry. I put as many veggies as I had into it. When I was done with dinner the PC above me came down with her sister and they played with the puppy for a bit. It was a nice little get together. Then I went to bed. I had a good day

Day # 139 sheguwal making

Today is Monday 6/ 10/13

Today I had a busy day at school. When I got there I started making my weekly outline for what grade I will teach each day of the week for my art class. So I had to ask all the teachers when they preferred me to cam and teach art and then I had to move people around to fit everyone needs. After that I had to start planning. That I might add is a bit on the difficult side. I had to come up with a bunch of projects for nine different classes, and each class has different level kids in it. It was interesting but I think that I have some good things planed for the kids. I gave my small supply list the principle so I will start teaching when I get some supplies.

When I got home I played with the puppy for a while and cooked some dinner. I made split pee sup with chicken and dumplings again. Man that is some good stuff. After that I got ready for dance class. We have been leaning the Casino. It’s a circle dance that is based around the basic salsa steps but someone in the group is a leader and calls out different moves that we all do as a group. All the words are in Spanish and its hard because I have been dancing with this group for about three months and they have been dancing as a group for years so I am trying to catch up and they are building on steps they already have mastered. It was a fun class though, I am learning so much. I was also exited because I got to meet my peace corps friends sister she came to dance class so that was a nice twist. Class was from 7:30-10 it was a long class and I was physically and mentally tiered when I got home that I went right to bed.

Day # 138

Sunday 6/9/13

This morning I did a big clean up and washing of my cloths. After I washed my cloths I had a nice long Skype with my host father in St. Lucia, it was nice to catch up with him and here the latest news on the farm. They hired a woman to be a manager. I am so exited to here that because before me they had never worked with a woman on the farm. She has a big responsibility but I think that she will do grate. Also they got rid of one of the trouble makers and got someone new to fit in where he was. I am very happy to here that the vibes are better their for all of the staff and my host father. after that I started to get ready to go and have lunch with my host mother in Grenada. I have been trying to go to here restaurant a few times a week in passing to say hight and catch up and then to her house for lunch a few times a month. From their I came home to get the puppy, me and my friend are going to collect some sea glass and let the puppy run around. Ok so the beach was a lot of fun, Joker played in the sand and ran around, when we got back he was so tiered. I was tiered as well. I was so exited that I had some cheese pie and stewed chicken waiting for me when I got home.

   

Someone really liked the sand 

Day # 137 Camp Glow training part one

Saturday 6/8/13

Rise and shine its time to get up and go to the meeting. I got up and went to the meeting that just so happened to be right next to my house. Today we went over polices and proceeders. We have 16 people working at the camp some are local people and some are Peace Corps volunteers. We also worked on positive and negative things that happen, how to handle certain things. The camp is so organized, structured and planed to be 100% centered around the girls at the camp. Don't forget I am trying to raise money for the camp, some of that money will go to my arts and crafts class. If any one wants to donate just let me know on FB, email or my blog, every bit counts. Any ways tonight is supposed to be another latin dance party at this place called Woodies but I have never been. Instead of going I decided to catch up on some much needed sleep, and play with the puppy. I fell a sleep early.