Day # 164 BBQ Pig Tails

Saturday 7/6/13

Most of my day was spent getting ready for the BBQ. I had to got to the store and find pig tails and chicken wings. I also decided to make deviled eggs and pasta salad. All of the people that I invited had never had a deviled egg before so that made making them all that much funner. Then I took all of the stuff up to the roof were we would be having the cook out. I had forgotten to buy lighter fluid so I had to light it the old fashion way, news paper. Not to many people came, I had about 4 people come over two from the dance group and some other friends. It was relaxing I brought the computer up stairs so we could listen to music. All of my friends loved the puppy he was the star of the night, hes so cute. We where up on the roof for a good long time. It was the first time that I got to use my grill and it worked out grate. So now I can grill all kinds of things on it.

Day # 163 Party at the US Embassy of Grenada

Friday 7/5/13

I had no school today because the last day for the kids was yesterday. So I relaxed around the house for a bit before I went over to one of the other Peace Corps and helped him with his blog. It was nice to see what their house was like and spend some time with them, they live so close but I don't see them much because they work a lot and so do I. We got picked up for the part at the Grenada Embassy. It was such a nice diner all of us Peace Corps where their and the food was grate. They had servers with finger foods, (Pigs in a blanket, shrimp, potato salad). For dinner we had more finger food type things with cup cakes, all kinds of cup cakes cheeses cake, banana nut, and chocolate. It was a very nice evening out. When we where done we took a van to the beach and hung out for a while before we went in one of the local clubs Fantasia. It was a lot of fun cutting loose with the other PCV.

Day # 162 Awords

Thursday 7/4/13

Today is the last day od school for the kids, so the teachers put together a little ceremony for the kids. Some of the kids are moving up to a new level and others just got recognition for all of the hard work that they did during the term. It was nice to see how exited they got when they received their certificates and little gifts. They got some paper and pencils. I was impressed with some of the entertainment that the kids provided for us as well. They recited poems, danced, and read books. The teachers at this school have worked here a very long time and try the best that they can to provide the best well being for all of the kids. From the short time that I have been here I have seen practice for dance, singing, cooking, all kinds of things. Its amazing. I like my school  and I can't wait for the next term to start back up. The rest of the day was lazy no dance class, I took another nap and started working on painting bottles again.

Day #161 fun day

Wednesday 7/ 3/13

Today is Kids fun day, the school got a jumping castell for the kids and had snacks and games. The older kids went on a small hike and the younger kids played pin the tail on the donkey and jumped in the castell. It was nice for the kids because some of the family's was their and the teachers where having fun as well. I think that was a grate idea to have an end of the year celebration for the kids. I took lots of pictures or the kids having fun. I took the kids who needed supervision, or had medical conditions into the jumping castle. They had a lot of much deserved fun. After work I went to the immigration office and submitted my work visa, that took a little bit of time but not to bad. When I got home I took a very long nap, before I got up for dinner. I needed that bit of rest.

Day # 160 Pin the tail on the donkey

Tuesday 7/2/13

This  week is the last week of school for the kids so I was asked to make a pin a tail on the donkey for the fun day tomorrow. I had the kids help me color it and cut it out. When I was done with that I started to work on home work assignment for my training next week. It was just a lot of organizing. I have to work on a ten minute presentation on the community I work in, things that it has, needed and could be improved on. It was a relaxing day at school. When I got home it was a normal night cooking and cleaning before I laid down to watch a movie.

Day # 159 COLOR ME

Monday 7/1/13

Today was a good day I had a delightful group of three girls in level 3 who decided they wanted to make butterflies like the other class did. Last time I worked with them they completed the projects so fast I had to come up with more for them to do, so I decided to add a bit to make their butterflies more creative. I had the girls decorate the paper before they cut out the hand prints and body. They did a grate job and really enjoyed it. After work I headed to the peace corps office to collect my work visa. I thought it would be nice to take the puppy on a walk with me, and my boss got to meet him. When I was walking home I ran into one of the young boys that lives in my area. He remembered the puppy. we were walking in the same direction and we got to talking. He was out getting his hair cut for his graduation on Tuesday. He will be heading into secondary school, thats like high school in the states. I asked him if he was exited and he said that he was scared. I didn't expect that answer from him. I told him that the first few weeks would be a bit hard but soon he would grow accustomed to all of the new people and teachers. I also told him to stick with it because it will pay off in the end. I asked him what he wanted to be when he gets older and he said a heart surgeon, this young man impresses me. I am so glad that he was comfortable enough to talk to me about some of his fears. I hope more people feel that was and I can be of some help to them. When I got home I worked on the Peace Corps 2013 survey. This helps the Peace Corps understand where we feel comfortable or wish we had some more training. I think that its a grate way for the PC to get feedback. From their it was late and I headed to bed.
       

Day # 158 UFO

Sunday 6/30/13

Today was a good day I some work around the house and then called my host mother to see if we were going to have lunch today. She hadn't cooked and was going to go to a church event so I didn't end up going over to here house. I did take the puppy to the beach and met up with some friends. I had so much fun listening to the local music and watching some of the soca stars from town perform their songs. Their was a lot of people on the beach this sunday, I think thats because its getting close to carnival. I was so exited when I saw the jabjabs bringing out the paint for people to throw on one another. I got my self a cup of lime green paint because that part of town is the UFO group. It was a blast. I cant wait for carnival to come.