Wow....what an emotional, exhausting, busy week! There were two new High School Teachers this year, quite a few Middle School and nine out of the 12 Elementary Teachers are new.....plus a new Director of the school, a new Middle School Principal and still waiting on an Elementary Principal......tell you anything??!!??
The middle school students are quite a handful. The two people I commute to school with teach middle school, so I hear a lot of complaining from them....like: "It's a war zone in there!!" and so on....
So, it has been a hard week for a lot of teachers. We are all having to be MUCH firmer teachers than we are used to and that wears on you by the end of the day. Please pray for all the new year teachers here.....lots of young and older gals that are struggling. They are missing home, missing normalcy and feeling like they are having to be grumpy in the classroom all day. Actually, I started to feel a little better later in this past week....finally feeling like I'm getting used to the new curriculum and some-what getting a handle on the kids. I think my turning point was meeting the parents again for curriculum night. Parents are the same everywhere...they just want the best for their child.
Then after school Marcia and I heard a couple of teachers say they were driving to a "mall" to get groceries and supplies. It is across on the other side of Casa, so we asked if we could follow them. Oh my.........we are SO happy to live in our little village of Dar Bouazza. The city is stuffy, sticky and VERY crowded! The traffic is horrible....let's see, where do I start? There is ALWAYS 5 or more vehicles in 4 lanes of traffic! The cars weave in and out like crazy and the motorcycles....I'm not even going to mention them....it is SOOOO dangerous! Marcia and I have an agreement....she does the talking (French) and I do the driving.....we both struggle at times, but it works! :)
Then we are at the mall. Well, Marcia and I finished earlier than the other gals (but had to wait to follow them home ......too many turns to learn it the first time!). I'm standing outside of McDonald's watching the carts full of odds and ends while Marcia goes in Macs to order us a to go meal. There are two kiddie rides next to me and all of a sudden I notice the song that is going along with the merry-go-round....."We Wish You a Merry Christmas!"???!!!!!!!! Didn't have my camera or I would have taken a video for you!!!!
So, we are pulling into our parking lot at home and I slam on the brakes.....in the stall I'm about to pull into a guy is kneeling on a rug and doing his "prayer thing"!!! Marcia has the camera out right away (I drive....she gets to take the fun photos!)....but she decides that maybe wouldn't be a good idea in our own neighborhood and all!! :)
We come upstairs (it takes two trips apiece) and open a bottle of red wine.....ahhhhhh....it's FRIDAY!!!!! LOVE it!!! Tomorrow the plan is to go to a luncheon at some American Club that the school is sponsoring and then to hit Sunny Beach for the rest of the day! I am soooo looking forward to Saturday!
Hope this finds all of you well and looking forward to the weekend as well. ENJOY!
Hugs,
Jill
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