Another day, another adjustment. Learning a procedure doesn't mean getting the task completed . . . today it was how to get my lesson plans to print on the school computer. Only something is wrong with my files so it doesn't work. It was my turn to make dinner tonight, I walked to the store to get the ingredients and figured what to substitute, only I got home to find we don't have any ovenproof cassarole dishes. I tried to plug in my computer and the fan last night and sparks flew. Literally! My roommates had no idea why, I bought a new surge protector strip and a small adapter plug today after school, but the bigger surge protector I bought less than two weeks ago doesn't work. Some days are just frustrating.
I did get a grade for all my students' work last week; that was an accomplishment for me. I've talked to each student and learned how to pronousce their individual names. There are about twenty different nationalities represented and even simple names are not pronounced as I would think. The grading period ends in less than two weeks, so I have to keep up. Our school is hosting the NICS (Network of International Christian Schools) Directors Meeting next week; all the big wigs from Africa, Asia and Indonesia will be around Monday through Friday, so everything needs to look its best. Lots of bulletin boards for me to fill up too. All the teachers are so kind and flexible, it makes me want to do my part too, but admittedly I'm still emotionally near a meltdown. I have all I can do at school, and at home I seem equally busy just maintaining. The internet and electricity can go down indefinitely at any time, hot water and the clothes drier are variables too and it teaches us all to adjust on short notice.
The picture I'm attaching is from last week. One of my roommates invited the poorer neighborhood children over every other Tuesday for a Sunday school lesson. The kids are children of the people who work in the houses of this neighborhood, very needy. Last week there were about thirty-five kids waiting for Christy at 5:30; it was amazing.
Well, it's about 8:30 and I hope to get a shower before bed, and I need to borrow an iron to get my clothes ready (or decide to go wrinkled). I get up around 5 am and hope we have electricity. I had hoped to take a walk in the morning, but it would mean going out by myself to walk about 6 blocks to meet two other girls. I decided it just was too much of a risk being out in the dark by myself. Some decisions are simple; the risks are not worth it to me. That's about it for this post, I hope you have a good nights rest.
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