IPS

The school I work at has a blog page and...I made the blog page...so, here you can see me sitting around working. :) And, they have some school photos posted as well, so you can see the school I am working at....

http://www.ipsconud.blogspot.com/

Also, here is the webpage for the program I am working with, in case you are interested. A person can apply directly to the program...AND, you don´t have to be a teacher. (There are some 19 year olds here for there summer break.)

http://www.centrodevoluntarios.cl/

Spanish is coming along well, all of the sudden. I couldn´t help but glow with a big ass smile on my face last weekend as I communicated! Ha! A weekend to remember for the days my spanish isn´t on. Felt good. It helps to have a dictionary at your finger tips, even if it only has half the words you want to know...better to know half than nothing, eh?


This weekend, my mind is tired, so my level of communication is kind of so so. Somedays it is just hard to put all your attention into having a conversation. So, I am taking it easy this weekend and working on a presentation for the tourism class I am part of. I am doing a presentation on the United States...places to see! Culture! We will see how it goes!

I made the paper this weekend, with the same photo from the blog page. (yes, Mom, I have a copy of the paper.). :) Ana told me next week will be TV weeek. I am more comfortable about it now, seeing how I have found my groove.

We played some ultimate frisbee this week. The students LOVED it. That want to know when we will play next. I enjoy it too, so hopefully soon. It certainly gives me my exercise! Too, I have been able to play full force, since they have picked up the game well. They are starting to dish some shit too. Lines like...oh, ¨Manos de Mantequilla¨? (literally that means hands of butter) ha ha...they are ready for a rematch. :)

This next week I am going to Chillan to go skiing with a group of students. :) :) :) One of the teachers invited me. We have a three day weekend this weekend. There is a new girl in town, or maybe I should say woman. She is the same age as me and from New Zealand. I have a hard time calling myself a woman, maybe because I am a child at heart, I dont´know. But, she is here for the month so we might go tour the vineyards this next weekend. It will be nice to have someone to hang out with. I do appreciate having my family to hang out with all the time, but it will be nice to hang out with someone who isn´t a native.

I just made round two of pancakes today. My family LOVES the pancakes. I talked about making thin pancakes next and my host father is already asking me to set a date as to exactly when it will be. I then told them about the international house of pancakes and their eyes got real big and lit up! Ha ha...who knew something so simple could bring so much joy!

Alright...time to get some work done on my presentation. Hope everyone is well!

Love and hugs!

jami