Ok enough about my weird excitement to grade. Let me fill you in on my life.
Like I said, the kids already had their music final. Eric, Monica, and I had a Christmas concert last Wednesday that counted as their final, and it was a circus which is exactly how I expected it to be. There are also a couple of Christmas songs that make me cringe now because I have painful memories of singing them over and over again with children that just can't sing to save their lives. Well it's over and done with. I don't have any pictures from it because I was a little busy running around organizing children, so that's a bit of a bummer. They looked so nice all dressed up! I was very, very relieved to have it over with though.
Friday was eventful because we had Fun Day which means the whole school was organized into different teams to compete in different games and activities all day. I think most of the kids had fun which is who it was for, so that's what counts. I personally would've rather just had the day off to sleep and be introverted, but what can you do. I got to watch futbolito games at the end of the day with some of the favorite kiddos and I talked to Katherine Furness, so the day was so very great.
That night we had our staff Christmas party, so we all got dressed up to celebrate the end of classes and go eat and drink with our colleagues. It was kind of funny because we were like, "wow, this is like when people go to an office Christmas party." We felt strangely grown up.
Look! Missionaries can clean up real nice. We're missing Monica though because she was giving a final at the Junior College at that moment.
Here is our department table! These are the people I see every single day. Me, Joey, Yuri, and Emmanuel.
Saturday was a typical Saturday spent going to Mass in the morning and then hanging out for most of the morning. Oh I remember what happened on Saturday! We were all invited to one of the teacher's house for her little 2 year old's birthday party. She's the Food Processing and Nutrition teacher, so the food was so stinkin good. Plus it was honestly the first time in a while that all of us were kinda forced to be having fun together and I really thought it was good for all of us, just being together. That night we went over to Brynne and Victor's for a Christmas party which meant it was our normal hanging out with them except their house was decorated and Christmas music was playing. It was so great!
Sunday was a really special day because December 8 was the day for total consecration to Jesus through Mary. Some of us on staff here have been doing the 33 day preparation and Sunday was the day to actually consecrate! It's really quite beautiful and is something I could go on and on about, but it was a very grace filled day. That afternoon, Joe and I went to Cayo because we were supposed to be meeting up with Yuri to explore a bit, but we found out she had something come up after we had gotten on the bus. So Joe and I had a little adventure day in Cayo! And that's just always fun because it's always ridiculous. When we got back, some of us watched Elf because Monica had never seen it before. I know, we were shocked as well. But we amended the situation, so it's all ok. And that's pretty much the weekend I think. This week is just full of proctoring exams and getting ready to come back to the States. There's a lot more mental preparation in that than you think! It'll definitely be an adjustment to not being surrounded by Spanish, brown teenager, feeling clean, and just being in a 1st world country again. I'm so ready for the break though. I'm so exhausted from this semester that I can't even explain how exhausted I am. Please pray for me to make it to the end! And for my students. They get unmotivated so easily, if they get motivated at all. It's just that final push before break which is always the toughest.
Well who knows! This might be the last update I post in Belize for a few weeks! What a very strange thought.
St. Maximilian Kolbe, pray for us.
Totus Tuus, Maria.
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