Camp

Another exhausting week. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday involved me being a part of the school camp for the first year students. There were 120 of them and 10-12 teachers. The camp itself was strange. It was situated on the edge of a small town. Bordered by houses on a couple sides. So we couldn't be too loud...isn't that a bit purpose-defeating? The website, of course, makes it look a lot nicer than it was: http://www.depeppelhoeve.nl/

The program ran really well. We had no major problems. The kids enjoyed the activities and got to know each other and the teachers a bit better. My favorite activity was making roller coasters for marbles out of paper. Along with another teacher, I made a pretty impressive model that didn't get finished before it rained. Oh well.

The food was terrible. I really dislike sandwiches and that is all we had for breakfast - then we had to pack lunches. Yuck! Naomi prepared a very nice meal for when I got home, although I was too sick and tired to properly enjoy it. The leftovers were delicious though! Naomi's mom and grandma came to spend the day with her and left shortly after dinner. Her mom was a little more than upset about my tiredness and how I was not a good host. This caused Naomi to sleep poorly, and subsequently, she had quite a difficult time at school.

We both made it through pretty full schedules of teaching Thursday and Friday (most of our prep time is early in the week). I am looking forward to next week because it should be a fairly 'normal' week. The building is still under construction and our schedules are not for sure, but we have gotten a bit used to the way things are.

Friday night during our movie, I heard a crash out on the street that sounded like someone dropping a filing cabinet from a couple feet off the ground. I didn't think much of it, but about an hour later our house was illuminated with blue and red flashing lights - so we went upstairs to check things out from our bedroom window. Firemen and Police were swarming. There was a city bus straddling the metro line with smoke coming out of it. Someone got inside and started up a huge metal-cutting saw. We still have no idea what was happening, but maybe now the busses will stop flying over those tracks so quickly (they often shake our house).

Today we will be relaxing, getting some exercise, and taking care of a few projects around the house. Hopefully we will make some progress - these projects seem to be never-ending!

The mysterious bus fiasco.