Day 12

Best of the day: working with J.E.V. on her homework, counting by 5's, counting backwards by 2's, spelling words, and reading.

Worst of the day: not having been to Mr. A's foundation yet!
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Today the alarm clock went off, and I forced myself into waking. Then I reminded myself that I'm in God's hands here in Bogotá, and those two things made life right simple at five in the blessed a.m. And downright joyful. Plus, oatmeal for breakfast? Classic. :)

We took the school van to ECA, and when I got there, teacher's aide duties commenced. Getting the attendance folder from the main office (yes, I get to mark attendance. :) ), supervising the before school goofballing, and making sure Ms. W has what she needs.
Throughout the day, various similar tasks, identical exhaustion at the struggle to make children eat (which I still don't get), and then similar fun conversations with lovely people--teachers and students alike.

After school, I went to the alimentador (feeder bus) stop with the Torres family (a mother teacher aide with three adorable kids), and went along to the transmi with them until my stop at Prado, to tutor J.E.V. That was lovely. I don't know exactly what made the difference, really, between the successful heart-happy feeling of tutoring and the run-down feeling I get mid-day at school...but I loved the time with that dear girl. And her lovely family (they're the J.V. family who invited me to their church).

Then, I made my way home via transmi self-sufficiently, and walking home in time to catch the laughter wafting out the kitchen window from Marv & Judy's skype call with parents. I really enjoy these folks. :)

A chill evening, hopefully to catch some z's pronto.

Look at you, all bilingual without even knowing it. Pronto's Spanish. :)
xox