Hooray for the four day/Halloween weekend! I love Thursdays! Plus, I got my first paycheck today! Four free days AND money—that’s I what I’m talking about! Today was very easy…I had second and sixth grades and was done by eleven. We talked a little bit about the Halloween PowerPoint in second, but some of the info was a bit over their heads, so we skipped a lot too. We sped through it in sixth because we were short on time. I taught both classes the song, but didn’t have time in either for the story, so second started coloring page about Halloween in their activity books and Pilar had printed a word search for sixth to do/finish at home.

My original plan was to leave at eleven, but Aurora told me this morning that she would pay me after recreo, so I stuck around. I looked at some holiday videos that were on the video room computer and then I played a little solitaire. Recreo ended at 12:20, so I went back into the office to find Aurora. While she was writing me a check, she told me that Antonio (the principal) had to sign it but he was there. I didn’t really want to wait around so I just said I’d get it next week. She was like “No, I really want you to have money for Feria!” Luckily, Antonio walked in about two minutes later and signed the check! We chatted for a bit after that and so it was right about one o’clock when I got outta there.

I brought my backpack with me to school today; since I planned on going to Mercadona…it makes for a long walk when you’re carrying groceries! I didn’t buy anything spectacular, but rather wondered the aisles to see what they had. On my way home I noted the progress they’re making in setting up for Feria! Part of the street is closed off, there are several tents for food like churros and caramel apples (or so I’ve heard…so I guess it’s kinda like a fair) and some kiddie rides too! It’s a two minute walk from our house—barely out of view of my window! I’m not sure when all the festivities start, but it’s sure to be a fun weekend! I just hope it’s not too cold…Gunita said she heard it would be :(

I’m going to the bank at 5:30 to deposit my check (yay!) and to Orange to pick up the internet plug in! They came and installed a phone line yesterday, so we’re another step closer to having wifi! And now we’ll have two plug ins for the three of us, instead of one! This has been a VERY STELLAR day!

Xoxo,

Court