Thank You Hurricane Dean

Happy Hurricane!

Wednesday we woke up to torrential rain and it lasted all day. By lunch we found out that the school was letting the kids out early and that there would be no school the next day. I guess some parts of the city were under water, other parts of our state were really flooded and they said we got more rain than the coast. Thursday morning we found out that that the state had cancelled school Friday too and we quick made plans and jumped on a bus to Mexico City. Stuart, Rodney, Jenny, and I then took a 5 hr bus to Guanajuato, a picturesque college town in the center of Mexico. Were having a great time and loving the fact that were getting paid right now. Guanajuato is soo pretty. Its real colonial and all the streets are narrow and cobblestone. It reminds me so much of Spain! We saw a crazy Museum of Mummies today, a historical museum, took an incline up to see an awesome view of the city and checked out their ornately gilded basilica. The main plaza is so cute, with a gazebo and cafes and lots of low trees whose branches have been cut into a square shape. Were going to an old hacienda tomorrow and to see a show at their famous Teatro Juares tomorrow night. Sunday well head home to Pachukerville.
So about my first days with the kiddos. They are sooooo cute. It is going to be a lot of fun and they always give me a reason to smile. Well, my first day was pretty interesting cuz there was one boy, Alejandro, who had never been to school before. His grandmother works at the school and she brought him but he didnt want to leave her. She tried a couple times and he went crazy, broke the Spanish teachers necklace, we had to pick him up to keep him from running out the door and he pulled out a handful of my blonde hair. Hahah. Eventually he calmed down, kinda took all morning for him to finally join the others, but he got the hang of it. The next day he was all smiles and loves school. I love him, hes really a sweet kid and really bright. Then theres Nailea whos the daughter of one of the celebrated soccer players, she is so smart and funny, shes always telling stories. And then theres Renata, who was the other one thats never been to school and at any given time, even in the middle of my teaching, shell run up and give me a bear hug and a kiss. Shes real sweet. So anyway, the first couple days went well, we had a good time and I already love my kids. :)
Bueno, hasta luego amigitos!