in honduras!

I made it to Honduras! It's been great so far! We got here yesterday afternoon and found a house far nicer than I thought. I have 3 roommates who are all fabulous. La Chinita is a 4-bedroom house, each with its own bathroom connected. There's an outside courtyard, big living room, walk-in pantry, and large dining room. We inherited all sorts of things from old teachers that made shopping very easy. I feel very fortunate to live here, as it feels rather homey already.

The big news of the day came on our way to church this morning. Amid more introductions (there are about 30 teachers, and I think I'm finally almost done meeting them all), someone said, "oh YOU'RE the new 1st grade teacher!" followed by "has anyone told you that you start school earlier than the rest of the school?" No, they hadn't. So now I'm psyching up for the first day of school in 4 days, while most other teachers are getting ready for a relaxing weekend. (Kidding. Most have their open houses on Saturday.) This way, I'll have the whole weekend to think about what happened and how I can get ready for a busy first full week.

Tomorrow we're headed back to the school. I haven't seen my classroom or been in the elementary school yet, so I'm hoping there'll be time to get my classroom ready very early this week so that I"m ready for the open house on Thursday and my first day Friday!