Back to work!
Well, after a crazy first week home, I am finally going to try to get back to all my projects. My first few days I finished editing my section of our volunteer magazine. Then, I spent the rest of the week hanging out with all my PCV friends. It was good times and I am lucky for the wonderful friendships I have made here...
Aqui estoy y ahora, I have a huge to-do list that I just put together. First and foremost, I start teaching English full-time again in the school as I did last year. Once again the students are without a ministry-hired teacher for a few months so en vez de classes right now they have 3 hours a week free to do nothing...which sucks because they only go to school less than 20 hours a week. So... I am going to step in and fill in at least 2 of those hours every week. I can't commit to all 3 simply because I have a million other projects and I like to have Thurs and Friday to take care of other business. Right now, I am trying to figure out where to buy softball equipment with the money I got from a grant, organize the softball program at school, find kids for an International Conflict Resolution Camp (how cool does that sound??), plan a kids art project where they will paint electrical and telephone posts all around town, and then of course my health projects- stoves and health clinic.
I finally feel the crunch of time. It's officially February tomorrow which means I have as little as 8 months left in country. It's putting a nice kind of pressure on me. Not one that stresses me out, more like I will finally see the fruition of all the crap I have worked on.... and it kind of excites me.
Health-wise I continue to feel perfectly normal. My community insists I not do anything strenuous which is sweet.
I am home here in El Salvador and its a weird feeling. The first year, you fight and fight the culture until it finally consumes you. I have no complaints now and I wonder if something will/can shake me to the extent that some things did my first year.
Time is a winding down...
Aqui estoy y ahora, I have a huge to-do list that I just put together. First and foremost, I start teaching English full-time again in the school as I did last year. Once again the students are without a ministry-hired teacher for a few months so en vez de classes right now they have 3 hours a week free to do nothing...which sucks because they only go to school less than 20 hours a week. So... I am going to step in and fill in at least 2 of those hours every week. I can't commit to all 3 simply because I have a million other projects and I like to have Thurs and Friday to take care of other business. Right now, I am trying to figure out where to buy softball equipment with the money I got from a grant, organize the softball program at school, find kids for an International Conflict Resolution Camp (how cool does that sound??), plan a kids art project where they will paint electrical and telephone posts all around town, and then of course my health projects- stoves and health clinic.
I finally feel the crunch of time. It's officially February tomorrow which means I have as little as 8 months left in country. It's putting a nice kind of pressure on me. Not one that stresses me out, more like I will finally see the fruition of all the crap I have worked on.... and it kind of excites me.
Health-wise I continue to feel perfectly normal. My community insists I not do anything strenuous which is sweet.
I am home here in El Salvador and its a weird feeling. The first year, you fight and fight the culture until it finally consumes you. I have no complaints now and I wonder if something will/can shake me to the extent that some things did my first year.
Time is a winding down...
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