Moutain breezes, cat naps, and the dreaded Milk products!

Well, it's day two in my visit to Mexico for the annual Church meeting for Educators and Professionals Meeting.
Last night was nightmarish!  Yesterday it seems i ate too many milk products throughout the day and by 1 am my digestive system had had enough. It quickly made sure that all offending products were dispelled from my body from the two most common orifices. You know what those are.  Yeah, throwing up is traumatizing enough but the experience becomes even more desperate when you have to do it alone, millions of miles from home and with roaches watching you do it! Thankfully Juana Vincha woke up and helped me out with sympathy and warm compresses. I look back and can't imagine how i survived that!
Long story short, i slept a total of 6 hours but in fragments of 2hrs then 6 hours. I was up at 630 and out the door by 730 to catch my ride to the institute.  (don't ask me how)
I was so sleepy and my abdomen was sore, but i got threw it falling asleep only twice during the meeting.
At lunch time, I had to take a nap before I ate, and I crashed on the sofa of the little lobby.  Felt so much better afterward, and even more so after I got internet where we were and was able to talk to my sweet husband by facetime! That really made my day! i was started to worry that i would lose my English! (yeah right)
One nice thing about this place is the weather. nice balmy 70 with mountain breezes blowing all day.  The institute overlooks the mountain side and it is surrounded by other mountains dotted my building and houses.  It looks quite beautiful, I was able to snap 3 pictures before my phone went dead.  I will post it as soon as I get a chance back home. 

I'm ready for my shower and bed. I'm ready to sleep straight through tonight!
Night all!

In Xalapa

So I arrived to Vera Cruz last night and was reminded how advanced we are back home when the airplane stopped mid tarmac and we disembarked down a narrow ladder straight outside.  Some of the luggage was at the foot of the stairs for people to pick up... then we came in and there was a sparse area where Immigration was at.  it was only the people from our flight. Then the rest of the luggage was sent in through the conveyer belt.
The worst part was that when i finally made my way to the receiving area, there was no one there to greet me! I figured I might not know it if the guy would be there since i did not know who he was (name or face) just that he was the pastor of the church here.  The automatic sliding doors leading outside are the kind that do not allow for you to go back inside after you go through and they close. There was a sweltering heat and I didn't know how long it would be so as someone came out I snuk back in.  I had turned off my phone so as to not incur the extra roaming charges for using it this side of the boarder, but I had to find out what happened and so i turned it on.  Instantly I noticed two things, I had an e-mail from one of my contacts here and my phone was almost dead.  The e-mail said that the pastor (Antonio Diaz) was running late due to an accident on the road there and the road was closed. 
I felt better and just sat down to wait.  I looked around and saw that there was a grand total of 5 shops in that terminal/gate, and they were all closed....except the bar. No joke.
Anyway, they found me after not too long and we were off. The trip into Xalapa was pretty lengthy and we had time to get to know each other and we had a good time. Very nice and respectful people. I have always had such a welcome experience here. This is my second time coming here and I know this wont be any different.
The streets and houses here remind me so much of Italy. One right beside the others (like they share a wall) and the streets narrow and without lane lines! Needless to say, the driving here is precarious at best and everyone seems to have standard cars (as opposed to automatic) so the ride is fast, dangerous, swerving and jerky!  And you know how much I LOVE those kinds of rides.  But I made it through without getting car sick. (so far!)
Now I'm here at the school where we will be holding all the meetings.  It is at the top of multiple steep and winding roads that over looks the next mountain side where you can see green trees interspersed with houses and buildings....very quaint and peaceful.
Wish I had my camera but I didn't think to bring it. (among the things I forgot)
The weather is certainly an improvement! A nice breeze and about 70 I think now. Real nice. The doors are open and there is no AC and it feels very comfortable.

I will post more later. In the middle of Bishop Benjamin Cardenas right now. :o)
Lord willing we will be able to cement more of our goals and objectives for this project.



 

Sabbath

So today was our monthly English Sabbath Program and it was good!
With my Macbook where ever i am I can post whenever!  Love that! I also have found a new purpose for this blog..... I was ready to throw in the towel!! 
Talking to Lisa about it, i realized that I can use this blog to post ideas and tools I use in my classroom that coudl help homeschooling mom's or even other teachers. :o)
That I know how to do.

So here goes nothing!
More to come soon.....

wow, my blog sucks!

After spending too much time checking out other beautiful and interesting blogs, I realize that mine really sucks!  I think something like this takes up more time and effort than I think I could ever employ on a regular basis.
The only thing I can do is post when I can what I can. 
Not sure that anyone is even reading these posts anyway. :)

I better get to sleep!

Never fear, Im still alive!!

So it been like over 5 months that I don't blog, but it was necessary.

 Another school year has ended and it was a doozy!  I dont recommed teaching two grades at once to anyone! Heavens!  But I got through it by the grace of GOD!  I managed to guarentee my current position will be the same for next year.  A major victory for me!  I am so excited about tecahing Pre-Kinder agina this year. I have tons of new things, books, ideas, etc to try out this year. Can't wait!

Well, it's late and I have to get some sleep.
Next time i wont take so long to post since I now have a new Macbook Pro that I can use right on my lap in bed!
 
Michelle

After too long...

Well, it has been a while since i have posted but there are a multitude of reasons why.
A lot has transpired in the couple of month that I have been silent.  Some of which don't bare mentioning.  So i wont.
I will say that the last week I have had work for all of one day!  yeah, major snow and ice!  It's been super freezing too, so no driving allowed  (for the smart folks anyway).  After 3 solid days indoors, i had to get out, so i went out and checked out the snow.... then decided to try out my car.  It was buried about 3 inches deep in snow, so after digging it out, it started up like nothing happened! Awesome! Then took her for a spin to Walgreens, and then got bold and went to Walmart. It was as packed as ever if not worse.  Cabin fever had attacked everyone!  I skidded a few times but it wasn't as bad as staying at home.  I don't mind hanging out with my husband, mind you, but i just need to get out periodically.  Can't be cooped up in the four walls for that long without a break! (another reason why i like to work)

We have a had a great time though during this forced quarantine.  :o) Time to connect and talk, and laugh, and play games, and be silly.

 In every season of life God takes us through we see His attention to detail on our behalf.  Despite the disillusionment of human nature He provides comfort through the people that He set to love you, and  proves once again that He is the only perpetual true one. Through the haze of pain and brokenness He enables us to give comfort to those who need it more than us.  Somehow, I have to believe that this will all turn out OK, or good. Somehow. In a distant future perhaps, but it must.  Or even if it doesn't, God is sovereign even then.  Since that means that He has the right, the wisdom, and the power to do whatever He pleases, I rest in trusting that.
Some days more than others.
Seeing the corruption at almost every level all around me only reminds me that any/all can fall. All the more reason to fight on to have a life marked by private prayer and constant dependence to God at every level and every moment.

God Bless all His people everywhere.

Here i leave you with some pics i took of the snow....

My car buried in the snow....

Our apartment parking lot and the pool cabana in the back

The walk way area leading from the stairs to our cars in the parking lot.  There was a paved sidewalk and grass there once...

After clearing the snow from my drivers side window .... still a ways to go to drive away.

The scene from our back side balcony in the apartments.  The Keller roof tops.

Cool pic between the walls right outside my door. Snow makes everything look clean!

Early Sunday Morning...

I agree, no one should be up this early on a Sunday. 745am?!  What?! I know, I know, I can explain.
Last Sunday was the first time I was able to log onto Skype to take part of an Education Department Meeting with many people from around the continent.  Yes, very cool.
But they decided on this un-godly hour to meet!  I guess it works the best for the varied time zones, but man!  It's killing my "catch up on lost sleep" plan.
Anyway, the meeting are laborious and slow since the connections are not that great and there tends to be allot of static and interference. Right now, we are trying to connect using hot mail.... somehow because when it's too many on the skype system it over loads it or something.  I'm not very sure what the issue is really.... I am not technologically savvy so I couldn't say for sure what it all was.
Now just sitting here waiting....nothing is happening ..... and finally we just give up after an hour because that was the allotted time for the meeting. >sigh< a morning i could have slept in!!!

Well, that's it folks.

Now i am wide awake, unable to fall back asleep.  I guess I will work. Lessonplans to finish.... *yawn*

laters