Back and in the Swing of Things

I returned to Honduras a week ago after a refreshing trip back to the states to visit my family over Christmas break. It was fun to be home and great to see family and friends again. However, several people accused me of slacking on the blog writing, and all I have to say to that is, I am guilty as charged. When things get busy, the blog is the first thing to be ignored. So, I will attempt to get better at updating the blog and in the meantime update you on my first week back in Honduras.

School started soon after we returned and as much as I was dreading returning to the daily work schedule, it really hasn't been too bad. It took a few days to get my students settled down and focused back on school, but now I am surprised at how smoothly class is rolling. I don't know why, but my students are particularly excited about our class this Partial (Quarter). Maybe it is because we are currently studying William Shakespeare in preparation to read Romeo and Juliet and for the first time I actually know what the book is about and how it will end before I start teaching it and I'm sure some of that excitement is rubbing off on my students. Whatever the reason, it is nice hearing students say, "I'm so glad we have your class first today! It's a good way to start the morning!" {Which reminds me, one of my students in class the other day told me (after I told them writing 3 paragraphs should be easy for them by now), "Ms. Jones you play soccer like Ronaldinho, write like you are Dr. Seuss or something.....everything in life must seem easy to you!" - it made me laugh}

As far as soccer goes, we have 3 days left of regular season play. Yep, that's right, with only 4 girls soccer teams in the conference that means we only play 3 games. Our first one was on Saturday, we have one tomorrow, and one Thursday. Saturday's game did not go so well, so I am hoping things go better tomorrow, but after a miscommunication that left us with no soccer balls and no equipment at practice today, I'm getting a little nervous. As long as they give it their all, I couldn't be more proud of them.

Well, back to the school work now, but I will update again soon!.....hopefully :)