Thursday, September 13, 2007

We have started school


We are here!! We did make it here and are adjusting well! The kids have started school and are doing well. Shay and I have started school and are actually doing well. We have taken 3 test and on 2 we made 100!! The other we haven't gotten back yet, but we know we didn't make 100... Our normal day goes something like this:
4:30 - Shay's up for his quiet time
5:30 - I'm up we do breakfast, I make lunches for all the kids, we bathe everyone, get them dressed with back packs and lunches and our goal is to be out of the door by 7:10am. We have about a 10 min walk to school and we ALL have to be in our classes by 7:30.
12:00 - Shay, Jesse and I all get out of school and we come home and eat a bite of lunch and lay Jesse down for a nap and Shay and I do homework or if their are errands to run Shay does that. Grocerys are about a 15-20 min walk, we have to go get money out of an ATM in one place and get it exchanged for colones (Costa Rica's currency) at another.
2:30 - Damie and Sierra get out of school and one of us walks back to school to get them and on Tues and Thurs Damie stays after for 1 hour for soccer practice.
3:00 - Sierra takes a nap ( a must)
3:30 - 5:00 - more Homework, play etc...
5:00 - we eat supper
by 7:00 - kids are in bed
by 8:30 - We are in bed - It gets dark about 6pm and we were advised to not go out after dark. Actually by this time we are exhausted.
Cutting new neural pathways and living at a higher altitude while trying to maintain a positive attitude really zaps your energy.
On Saturdays we go to the Ferea - It is an open market where they have fresh fruits and vegetables.
On Sundays we go to a church that is about a 10 minute walk and we have to be there at 8am. That is usually no problem since Jesse wakes up around 5:30 am every morning!!
That's how our week goes and will go for the next year.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What an exciting journey you are on.
The world will always be different for you and your family because of this time spent in another country and culture. Soak it up! Get every bit of adventure and pleasure from every day. Live, laugh and learn every chance you get. You're in my thoughts.
Kathy Burgess