School!

Hello all!

To answer some of your questions, here's a better description of what school is like! (I love all the questions, by the way!)

-The students are very respectful. They greet me with "Good morning, madam" every morning. They stand up when I enter the classroom. If they see me walking with a bag/purse, they carry it for me. THey are great. They were super shy the first few days ... but now they are starting to warm up a little. We've been playing Simon Says in class using English classroom instructions (such as stand up, sit down, write this down, etc). They really like that game, I think, and I can se some of them starting to come out of their shell. A lot of the time when I'm teaching I feel like I have to act out what I'm saying. (For example .. if I say "she walked quickly," I will walk around the room quickly). I feel like I"m an actress sometimes. I try to be funny, but sometimes I think they are just laughing at me not with me. Haha, oh well!
-The other teachers here are pretty nice. I am the only female teacher, however there are 2 female workers here. One is the typist (yes, with a typewriter), and one is a libraian (I think). I have been playing volleyball with a few teachers and students after school everyday, and that is really fun. It's nice to be able to laugh and goof around with the other teachers.

Well thats about it for school! One month down (almost), 5 to go! Here is a random list of things I've done so far:
-played volleyball with teachers/students everyday.
-used a machette to (try to) cut the grass with some students out on the soccer field. I was horrible at it. It was pretty hilarious.
-Used a hoe and helped cultivate corn with some of the sisters.
-killed 2 (hockey puck sized) spiders in my room.
-killed 2 bees in my room.
-ran screaming when i saw a mouse in my room this morning. The whereabouts of the mouse is still unknown. Don't worry... I made my favorite student (Puis, this really really nice 14 year old boy), come and try to help me find it this morning. It's probably nesting under my bed somewhere by now. Haha!
-watched a pig hang from a tree and saw its blood and guys drain out 30 min after it was killed. This was in Sumbawanga with James and Dan. Now THAT was fun to see. (I'm being sarcastic, in case you couldn't tell ..)
-not showered for 3 days in a row ... I think thats my record. Now bad, if you ask me.
-Showered with ice cold water.
-climbed a fence with James in order to take a short cut
-ate dinner in pitch black (Hakuna umeme).
-seen a bird that looked like it was spray-painted blaze organge. No joke - that was its color. It was the brightest bird i've ever seen. It was really sweet!
-ate fist with the eyeballs still intact. Didn't eat the eyeballs, though - YUCK.

That's about all I can think of for now!

Hope all is well in freezing MN! :)