It's a great movie... but also what I will be doing next Monday! I am looking forward to seeing family and friends and celebrating the holidays, but also looking forward to actually DOING something. School has been canceled for the past two weeks due to the tropical storms and the flooding and landslides that followed. Luckily in Maracaibo we have been largely unaffected. Some people that live near the lake north of the city have lost their homes but in the city the only problem we have experienced is an ironic water shortage. For about five days we had water rationing, meaning that we only had water for three hours every day. It really makes you appreciate having water at your disposal!! It also makes me appreciate that my students and I have not been affected by the storms that much. The school is sponsoring a clothing and food drive to help those in need, and if there's anyone that can afford the time and money to help these people it's the families that attend my school! The response has been incredible and the whole auditorium is full of donations and people organizing everything that was brought in.
Meanwhile, I am just hanging around waiting to go home! I'm going to the beach for the weekend but until then all the teachers are joking that we are living the life of our students' moms: going to the pool, going to the gym, going out to eat, shopping, etc. After one week I am already a little bored... now I have another week! I am enjoying the time off but I also am worried because we will have to make up all of this time within the current school calendar. AKA: Saturday school. It's not official yet but that seems to be the option we are left with.
