Sunday, September 21st

So, things have been going at a decent pace this week... I've been sick (again) due to the typhoons... the weather has been hot and cold, which is awful, plus the kid germs I'm constantly around... But it's part of the hazards of the job.

Eli started AnchingBan this week. It's sort of an after-school school that most kids go to here. They get homework help, snacks, a nap, etcetera... He has some friends in this one, too, so that's nice for him. He needed to get out of the house a little, and he's really enjoying it. He goes every afternoon from about 1 - 5pm, and a little later on Thursdays and Fridays because of Math Class.

Rhiannon wants to start going too, but we'll see in a month or so. She actually takes a nap, though, when Eli's not there for stimulus.

So, I work in the mornings and evenings, so I'm not home as much, but it's a lot less stressful than the other place, so I don't mind... A couple of kids from my old school gravitated over to my new school to follow me, so it's nice to have them around too. And I've been focusing on corriculum and writing tests and things of that nature... getting to know my students... I have, all in all, about 160 students, now. But teaching here is a lifestyle. Or it should be. I don't exactly have any real days off anymore, but it keeps me busy. I teach Monday to Friday, later on Fridays for some older kids... I only have one class of older kids on Wednesdays, the rest of the time, like on Saturdays, is for office work and marking homework. Sundays are my earliest days, for Mass and the class afterwards. It's an interesting life...

Gosia took Eli, Rhiannon and Calvin to an air show on Saturday. She and the other brain injured kid families went over to the Tainan Air Force Base to view Taiwan's newest purchases from Amarica's military industrial complex. There were plane fly-overs and schoolchildren drumming. Plus ice cream. Eli got a model airplane, one of those with the rubberband so you can wind up the propeller. Nice morning...

Well, the webcast morning Mass from Fordham University is wrapping up, so I'll be getting off the computer soon.

Much love!