happy 4th of july.
last night i celebrated my first 4th of july outside of the us. needless to say, no one here really cared. our friends, jessica and fredy, who we are teaching an english class to every day, were nice enough to get us some sparklers. now, these aren't sparklers like i've seen before. they were BIG. we had some trouble getting them to light, but they eventually did. they were a nice way to follow our american dinner...macaroni and cheese (my favorite!), chicken nuggets, corn and pineapple. the pineapple might have been pushing it a little on ¨american¨but that's okay. :)
we've been here for almost two weeks, and so far, so good. i'm not miserably homesick, although i do treasure the moments i get to be in touch with people from home. i've written a ridiculous amount of postcards, and that helps. sadly, i am unable to send them because the only post office in oaxaca is within the strike zone of the teachers...so i can't go there. apparently, they've decided to spread out their efforts, and yesterday had commandeered 8 or 10 buses and blocked off the main road near our house. there's never a dull moment here....
the kids in lachigolo are great. we're getting much more comfortable communicating with them, though there is still a lot of ¨no comprende¨and ¨lo siento¨ we've been able to read them a bible story every day (or have someone else do it, to be exact), which has been neat. they get really excited when we come and sometimes follow us part or all the way to where we catch a taxi or bus...it's fun. it's good to see them have time to be silly and playful and maybe have a little less responsibility than they do the rest of the time.
i'm loving it here.
posted by sabrina in mexico! @ 3:54 PM
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