Homesick for a rain-free land

I got a couple of compliments from people telling me that I always seem to be doing something, but I don’t really feel it. Sometimes I feel as if I’m not really doing anything, even though I’m out doing stuff most of the day. I guess I’m used...

A crazy couple of weeks

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks. We finally have students in our classes, which means that I don’t have to spend us much time wandering through classes on the 6th grade floor but instead get to do the job we came here for and work with kids who really...

So, I guess my Magazine Club students don’t actually hate me. I was afraid that after the first meeting we had that they were going to all go and change their clubs to something else, but in fact the opposite happened. I’ve got three new girls, all friends...

First Day and Zombie Walk

Today was my first day in the schools and in uniform! It felt very official walking into the school all dressed in our reds, but it was mostly for show. The administration is waiting to give us suspended students until we’re embedded a little further into the...

Opening Day

So yesterday was the big ceremony that we’ve been hearing about for so long now. It’s the official induction into our year of service and marks the end of our month of training. It was also, coincidentally, the coldest freaking day I’ve experienced...

Moments from the Silver Screen

This weekend has been a big movie weekend!A couple of days ago my roommate across the way, Elena, asked me to see a movie that her friend had free tickets for. She told me that as soon as she heard about it she had thought of me, and when she told me the subject of it...