So school got out at 11:30 and we had staff Mass at 1:00 and Thanksgiving dinner/lunch at 2:00. Last year, as I think I've mentioned, they had barbeque chicken and rice and beans, so that's what I was expecting. What we actually got was turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, potatoes, and still rice and beans. Of course it all a Belizean twist to it meaning the cranberry sauce was canned or at least gelatinous, we had rice and beans but it was fancier and not black beans, and my personal favorite, they made mashed potatoes but had sweetened it with different spices. It wasn't until about halfway through the meal when Kelley said, "Oh my gosh. Do you know why these potatoes are sweetened? They wanted to make sweet potatoes." We died laughing!! They completely missed the mark mostly because they used regular potatoes, but the gesture was appreciated and they didn't taste too bad. We were so super happy to have real Thanksgiving food though, especially Kelley. All she wanted was turkey for Thanksgiving, so she was ecstatic upon eating it.
Joe and I showing off our yummy dinners
There was also American football! Though I was so exhausted from the field trip and our dumb dog that I went home and took a nap. That's how I celebrate Thanksgiving!
I did really enjoy the day, and the weather was perfect. Plus the next day was Friday and even though we had to come to school, it was ok because well, it was Friday. Plus I got to talk to my family since everyone was at my house for the holiday. And! It was a Friday with no retreat, no special things that I had to do, so I could actually sit at my desk, get things done, and just be.
Ok the next exciting thing that happened was the Regional Basketball game on Saturday. It was an all day affair that took place in Belmopan. It was a boys and girls tournament, 4 teams each, so they day started with a girls game, then the boys, another girls, and the other boys. We were the 4th game, so we had a long morning of just waiting and watching. But we won our game which meant we went to the finals in the afternoon. Unfortunately, the other team was making all of their shots, the refs were making unfair calls against us, and our team gets attitude real quick so they just got into the mindset that everyone was out to get them. In the second half, most of our boys were able to shake it off and shape up, but it was too little too late. We ended up getting 2nd Place though and when we got on the bus, the boys had recovered and were their regular loud crazy selves. Here are just a couple pictures from the day.
Naturally they had to find a random assortment of strange accessories because that's just what they do. Julio, Ethan, Nasser in the back, and Travis.
A pretty sweet shot of Charles, one of our 4th Formers. Kelley was our photographer.
Team pic after receiving their trophy and their medals.
Sunday had 2 doses of goodness. One was Brynne and Victor's daughter was baptized! No more pagan baby! It was right after Mass and was a really nice, small Baptism and we got cake afterwards. At about 2, most of us headed to Melchor for a few hours because there was an old volunteer visiting this weekend. We just hung out at the park with a ton of students and it's always so fun to have such a variety of them around. I really do just love hanging with the students, and it sounds super lame until you think about that they like hanging out with us. It makes me feel better about spending my free time with teenagers.
Well I think that's Sunday. I can't tell if I got everything or am just forgetting little things here and there. What else? Oh, Joe and I finished our book! Now just to clarify, Joe and I are not writing a book. We were reading a book, but we just finished the very last of it yesterday which was our big reminder that we're going home in just 11 days. That. Is. Nuts. Though I'm very much looking forward to not being feasted on by bugs.
Ok I think that's it. Short and sweet.
St. Maximilian Kolbe, pray for us.
Totus Tuus, Maria.
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