Checking In...

This is a photo of Mariah at school. Ms.Vesna gave us a disc with lots of great photos of Mariah and her class!!! Hope you enjoy!!!

Just want to check in and write about a few things that have been happening etc. We are busy and enjoying school, activities and sports. Doug left the island on Monday for his month away and the kids and I have been missing him a lot. I have some projects I have been working on and staying busy. I attended the first PTA meeting at the school and found it quite interesting. I hope it will be a great group to get things accomplished. I felt is was a bit of a fashion show with 20 something women and 1 guy I only ask 2 questions which were how many students are enrolled in the school 178ish and how many families are there, the director said he did NOT know that they were still working on this. I did not know a sole and was content to listen and observe. We have our next meeting Oct 1. I have a dance project of some sort and have been meeting speciality dancers and this is fun and interesting. I decided to purchase full coverage insurance for my car, some folks say this is the thing to do and some say not. Well, for peace of mind and my security I wanted to contribute my 1000usd and go for it. The lady that inspected my car and went over the details tells me if I have an accident to go straight to the police statio and instead of putting you in jail while they investigate the accident you are sent to Santiago and put in a hotel next to the jail this is covered by your full coverage insurance...if you hit a person on a motorcycle and there is not to much blood quickly put them in your car and drive them to the public hospital before angry family and people migrate around the scene. I must say there is so much to learn when living in a 3 world country. I noticed the smell of cow poo when in the house the other day and I think the sewer must be screwed up or something, I look around the house and go out side only to see right NEXT door about 12 or more BULLS grazing. These are my neighbors for the time being until they have eaten enough to clear the lot and go to another place in the neighborhood. The weather here continues to be bloody hot and I wonder if this will be the case through the winter, I need more summer clothes here my washer is hell on our clothes and line drying fades navy uniforms pretty fast. I must confess over all I feel there are so many pro's to living here, I will say it is not for everyone and I must think who in my pool of friends would like it and no one comes to mind at this moment. I think on the other hand to vacation here well almost all the folks I know would like it so dodge the winter and come hang with us.
PS Bring some flavored liquid coffee creamer!
Off to dodge the flea's
Missy