A bit of everything, my life.

Here we are, already 2/3 of the way through September. I have definitely started this school year off with a bang. It was nice to start a new school year again, but since the beginning, its seemed like everything is very last minute. Its starting to get really frustrating. Perhaps this "running to keep up" feeling is because we have SACS, our accreditation coming next weekend. Our school has been on "the list" for at least 5 years now, and this is our last opportunity. Our director has done a great job of working so hard and getting so much done. We have a good chance of actually getting this thing finalized, and SACS off our backs, but its been a pain to get to this point. The school was in a bad state when we got here.

So, besides writing all sorts of educational lingo on long explanations of things that can be long and tedious, I have also been trying to keep up with my kids, plan a Student Day (Monday-field day), balance Co-op orders and income, and visit our darling ahijada (god-daughter). My kids are quite the workout program. I just got two new kids on Friday (one of them deserves his own blog post- embarassing, hilarious, and unbelievable are all words that surround this kid). Even though I am now only up to 14 kids, I'm told this is the roughest 14 kids to have in the school. They are certifiably crazy, I'm sure of it. And I might be in May too.

The Co-op is going well, I just haven't had time to dedicate to it, like I would like to. I really only have time to visit one or two of the women, and honestly, I don't like that. I see its time to start really asking some of the women to step up and be able to take care of this on their own now. I have done the preliminary work, but they need to start picking it up. I've become a part of a women's group of "emprendadoras." Its really neat, because I get to meet women all over the city who are working with similar goals as I have with the Co-op. I have made a few good friends from it, and many opportunities to learn.

Drew started his thesis work in the campo. I'm sure he will write plenty about that, but on my side of things, I would like to say that I am thankful for our housemates. They take care of me when Drew is out. Before, I was slightly nervous about what this distance, and living in two completely worlds (me working in the upper class, English speaking society of Cochabamba, and Drew working in the poor, rural, Quechua speaking Cochabamba) would do to our relationship. I think we have grown a lot in the past year and a half, so now, I'm not so much nervous, but excited to see how we can share our experiences.

Almost everyday, something comes up in conversation about what to do after May. I guess I've written about this before on the blog, but its still a lingering question. With too many options, and so much we want to accomplish in this life, its hard to know. Everyday, I feel differently it seems. Who knows.

So, thats whats going on.