first day of first grade!

today was the first day of first grade! it was fun at first... then just long. time might have even stood still; i'm not sure. but my first graders are adorable. some of them are 5 (wayyyyyyy too young) but most are about the right age. and their english is actually pretty good. i was talking with the other first grade teachers, and they were saying that they were absolutely shocked at the kids' awful spanish. but i suggested that it probably had a lot to do with expectations. i wasn't expecting much at all. i all but assumed i'd be talking at a brick wall all day. but i think they actually understood what i was saying... most of the time. they're really cute.

speaking of cute, i was able to see a considerable amount of fun and confusion surrounding 'diepenhorst.' good times for hondurans. we played a name game today in which i asked students to say their own names and the names of others. i think that almost all could say something resembling 'diepenhorst.' they're too cute. i'll post pictures soon. which brings me to my next point.

my computer crashed. my second day here in teguc, it kicked the bucket. a man who works at international school is thankfully apple certified and he has been super helpful with trying to figure out the problem. he found that the harddrive is toasted. sooooo that's not good. and today he told me that i lost absolutely all of my files. i'm trying not to think about what that means; i can't get it back anyway. people have been very nice lending me their computers, but i need mine up and running stat.

on another note, i went on a tour through the city with a couple of guys from school and a honduran. we rode in the back of his pickup truck right as there was somewhat of a riot unfolding downtown. it wasn't scary at all, just interesting. there were many cars and trucks that were pro-mel weaving through the traffic, horns honking all the way. they were so loud and passionate and so intent on closing down the city. yet they weren't malicious in any way and were very respectful of the other drivers and people around. strange sight. it was the first and only evidence of a coup that i've seen so far.

don't really have anything life-shattering planned for this weekend; just a lot of lesson planning! it was nice to have students today (only pre-k, 1st grade, and 6th grade did) so that i'll have an idea of what i'm planning before i start with an entire week's plans.