Stepping Out of the Boat

Our main goal right now is to try to make it until Thanksgiving break, which starts Wednesday after school. We figure it's pretty much downhill from there until sometime mid-January.

We're going to a beach resort for five days over Thanksgiving, and then after that, Christmas will be here before we know it. At school, we learned this past week, that we might as well not try and teach anything between now and Christmas because there are so many activites at school that take kids out of class - not to mention the fact that tons of people take their kids out of school for extended vacations. Then, at the beginning of December, midterm exams start. Basically, the kids take one exam per day, and they come to school for only two hours during that day.

John's parents are coming to visit us for Christmas, and we can't wait to show them around. We'll be in the city for most of the time, but we'll be spending Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at a resort. We thought there would be nothing more depressing than spending Christmas in our dingy little apartment.

After that, we're flying back to Indiana for a few days because my (Claire) brother, Joel, is getting married. John is an usher, and I'm reading in the wedding, so much of our weekend time of late has been spent trying to find an outfit for me for the wedding. Lucky John, he just has to wear a tux, but I have to try to find something for a December wedding while living in the Caribbean - not very easy. Shopping here, by the way, takes twenty times the effort of shopping at home, and if you know me at all, you know shopping is not my favorite thing.

Last night, Yvonne and her family took us to a mall on the other side of the river - in the poorer part of the city, and I found a pair of mauve shoes that I might try to build my outfit around. Here's a picture: (Carole, you'd love these!)

I think we're going to try to walk to another mall today, and then tonight, we're going to a BASEBALL GAME!!

Baseball is huge here, and we have finally gotten tickets to a game. We're going with lots of friends, so it should be really fun. We'll blog about it for sure!