For some reason this blog has been really hard. Maybe it’s cuz I prefer to tell stories and not off load information. Well I’ll try my best to let you all know about my daily grind in a interesting way; although I’m not promising anything.
OK so I've really been falling into a pretty nice little schedule here. It's really awesome to have a day to day routine. To have work to do. Something to look forward to. Speaking of which I am coming home from Nov 17th through Dec 8th.
I can't say seeing my family or Shannon & Sophie doesn't play into it (it may even be the main reason). I also want to be out of Haiti for their election on November 28th.
Who here likes bullets? I do I do I do. So guess what you get a table (bwahahahahaha).
6 am | Mass |
6:30 | Play with orphans before they go to school! |
6:45 | Breakfast |
7:15 | Dishes |
7:30 | Work Time |
9 ish | Go shower (the sun has finally heated up the water!) |
9:30 ish | Work Time |
12:15 | Lunch |
1:00 | Dishes |
1:15 | English lesson with nuns |
2:30 | Work Time |
4:00ish | Lesson with T-Jack |
5:00 (sometimes) | Walk around the local area!!! |
6:00 | Rosary |
6:30 | Go play with kids again!!!!!!!!! |
7:15 | Dinner |
8:00 | Dishes |
8:15 – sleep | Free Time (Sometimes Lessons With T-Jack) |
When I say work time I’m usually doing one of the following:
- · Working on the database,
- · Talking to Aaron about the database,
- · Planning a lesson,
- · Blogging (try to keep this down cuz I don’t really consider it work),
- · Washing clothes by hand, or
- · On rare occasions I take a nap (who said volunteering doesn’t have it’s perks)
This is obviously a weekday. On the weekends I try to work on the database and play with the girls without interruption from my lessons. On Sundays they have Oratory which is where I get to know some of the local kids. I’ve got to write a blog specifically about that.
The main reason I’ve written a boring post like this is to show you all I’m having a really good time right now. It’s changed a lot since the first day here. But my project has short term benefits with long term implications.
Simply put I’ve got a goal. Everyone knows I’m a planner (albeit a flaky one:). So having long term plans makes me really happy. My day to day work is also really freaking fun. The girls crack me up and honestly the need a couple good male role models. Not sure where they are going to get that!?!
OK OK I'm going to start working on an oratory story. That's always more fun.