Busy, Half-term, and thatching

You’re never going to guess what kind of week I had—it was busy! Since our second half-term (so it’s actually more like a 2/3 term) was this Monday and Tuesday, Friday and Saturday were a rush of trying to get things finished off, which resulted in more and less success. I had my last weekend off before heading back to the States, in which I got caught up on marking, took a much needed nap or two, and did some work around the house.

For half-term I took almost no pictures, but I did take the 7-9’s for early morning swim at the dam, I spent almost two hours squeezing math corrections out of some of my students, I wrote almost all my report card comments, I did a braiding activity with Ruthie and the 5-6 girls,

I biked over to the farm to pick up the weekly 2L of milk, tried to top up my back tire and broke the top of the Presta valve right off, did a ‘housework workout’ today, and started packing. So, nothing super picture-worthy, but busy days. I leave Sakeji on July 13th, so there isn’t that much time left this term for me! Plus, there is Sports Day on Saturday, and Birthday party next Wednesday, so things are going to continue to be a bit crazy. Helping with a wedding is starting to sound relaxing!

Parting shot: The work on our big chota continues; the grass matting is down, and now they are starting to bind on the bundles of grass.