2-13-08

I've gotten tired of trying to come up with titles that usually sound cheesy to me, then I never end up writing because I can't come up with a title, so here goes with using the date for my title. Maybe I'll write more-who knows?

Probably not since I wrote all that 11 days ago.

I have decided that January in Puerto Rico provides what is quite possibly the world's most perfect weather (as long as I could vacation to see snow every once in a while). It's cool at nights and in the mornings, and not obnoxiously hot throughout the day-the weeklong forecast reads "Hi-81 Lo-72" 7 times in a row most weeks, occasionally with some rain thrown in.

This semester 8th grade choir has started, and we've had surprisingly good attitudes and participation. We'll see how long that lasts us, but for right now it looks good.

Last night we had an interesting visit-the mom is very faithful in her Pentecostal church, and neither father nor son are saved, but seem to be interested in the things of the Lord. I'm hoping they'll come visit on Wednesday night.

Soccer season was canceled for not enough kids signed up. They were sad and so was I. I was loooking forward to the fun and extra exercise, but I guess we'll have to wait for next year.

I've started work on our spring program. Hopefully it will not drain me quite as much as the last one.

And just as I was typing all this, Judith came in looking for a translator, so I saved it and left. After I finished with her meeting, as I walked out of the room, another 2nd grade teacher asked for a translator, and by the time I was done with that, it was 4:15, and I had to devote myself to finding a ride home. I was hoping to make it home at 4, so I would have time to walk to Walgreens before it got dark and do some last minute Valentine's Day shopping, but that didn't happen. Everyone who would go home early enough was gone by 4:15, so I stayed. It worked out alright though, because Mrs. Rojas had to go to Costco, and she didn't want to go alone, so I was able to go with her, and get at least the candy I needed. When I got home, I went to the pharmacy almost right across the street to get the gift bags that I needed. So, in the end it worked out, but I didn't get back to the computer until this morning.