Week four is practically done. Tomorrow some people have language interviews, but we're just learning how to make Picarones and having a little tech training about cultural adaptation. I'm very very excited about the picarones. I'm also very excited to be done with today. I feel like I've tackled a major hurdle. I can't believe how much weight I feel lifted off my shoulders, figuratively. Literally, my shoulders are actually very sore and tired. We did Power Yoga today and man the downward dog constantly was killing me. But yea, back to the figurative weight. The language interview is DONE. I don't have to think about it anymore. I think I did alright, and actually the last two days have felt really positive to me with regards to my Spanish uses. Ben and I went around the town square and interviewed people about the services here. I felt like I could talk and understand a lot of the answers we got. Especially the two ladies who worked at the Municipality (which is like the State government building), I felt I could really understand them. That is such a great feeling. Today, I felt like I was able to say what I thought of saying in my interview, so I didn't feel helpless or at a lost. I didn't use past tense, only present, and she didn't ask me to, so I probably won't advance too far in placement, but that's fine. I also taught a group of 2nd graders today with Andrew and Grant. We were told there would be 28 of them, but there ended up only being twenty or so hyperactive seven and eight year olds. Which, you can believe me, was more than enough to handle. It started out great, but quickly they became too excited and loud shouting out answers. It wasn't a failure, so I'm happy. I was able to form sentences there too, and even though I repeated them a lot, it still felt good.
With this week done and over with, I can actually be excited and look forward to next week. Monday we have our 2nd chats with our APCD, who is in charge of our placement. Diego is my APCD, and he's renowned for giving very direct hints about where he's placing people, very early in training. So I MIGHT have a good idea of where I'm going to live for 2 years by Monday night. That's exciting and a bit nerve-wrecking too. After that, we have field-based training wednesday to friday. We get to ride horseback and camp during that, which I'm very very much looking forward to. Next week should be pretty incredible. Hopefully, I'll get time to call home this weekend too. Got two more letters from my mom today, one postmarked the 6th of September, and the other the 5th of October. Not quite sure how I received both today, but I did.
Anyways, I think I've shared what's on my mind and reflected enough for one night. Time to relax a bit. I think I'll go to sleep early tonight, feeling pretty drained of energy.
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