keep on smiling.. :)

wow my smile hurts..

i didnt even think that would be possibe haha.. and the best thing about it is.. its because of real smiles..

the past few days have been pretty fun and im happy that im finally doing something.. im actually starting to get to know some of the teachers really well so its been good on all levels..

on wednesday i finally got my bike.. its pretty neat its orange and has a basket and heck its a bike.. but it give mes some freedom.. even though its very limited..

so friday i went to school to help with the registration process.. it was pretty interest i kept getting pulled around.. i dont think they knew where they really wanted me to be.. the head master ended up pulling me away to meet some university students who will be student teaching at the school for the next three or so months.. they went around and introduced themselves.. all the while i was thinking great 30 more names to remember.. thats the one thing i hate about names.. and being in a foriegn country.. they are so damn hard to remember.. if this was america i know it would be a lot easier but here with all the names being different and hard for me to say.. doesnt make it easy to learn.. makes me feel horrible when they ask me if i know their names.. im sure in a couple months ill have it all down pat.. but we’ll see..

so after that i went and walked around.. still dont htink they knew where they wanted me.. but finally they found a place for me and then the fun started.. i basically had to check to make sure the students scores matched their paperwork.. but while we were doing that the vp came in and hah he’s funny.. we decided last week that he was the joker of the school.. so we were talking and joking around and one of the other teachers kept trying to talk in english but he didnt know much but it was funny.. then one of the other teachers tried to get all the students to speak some english to me which i felt kinda bad because they were really nervous but saying good morning isnt that hard.. but anyways i digress.. ended up creating another joker.. and then later another teacher came in and all the teachers love this.. they keep calling teachers jokers and they all start laughing.. they love it.. makes a good working environment.. everyone is always laughing.. i think it will help me calm down and look at the brighter side of life hah.. lord knows i need to..

so after we stopped for the day i rode my bike home with an escort.. yeah.. a five minute  bike ride and i got followed home.. i know they want to keep me safe.. so i appreciate it.. but i hope they dont do this the whole two years that im here.. but whatevs..

so then todayyy go back for the second day.. and it was pretty much just as much fun as the day before..  as soon as the vp comes in everyone calls him joker and starts laughing.. we are all joking around waiting for students to show up.. and i noticed that my water bottle was gone.. so i started asking everyone around me where it went.. and i had an idea that the vp took it but i didnt see it by him.. so we alll start looking and he comes over and he starts looking and then when i turned around he pulled it out and put it on the table.. everyone started laughing and i had to admit.. it was pretty funny.. he went and sat down and i gave him the “im watching you sign” he loved that..

later on we started having this convo about why im a vegetarian and why i decided to do that and then from there it went into what people in ohio do for a living.. which is really hard to answer because in america you can do anything you want so you cant really say what jobs people have.. and then from there we started talking about spiritual stuff like ghosts and what people believe.. it got pretty awesome.. and interesting..

and then i found out im going to be in a wedding party.. yep.. me in a wedding party... i get to wear traditional dress too.. gotta love it.. so my principals daughter is getting married in two weeks and i get to be one of the welcomers.. and i only found out today which is fine.. and interesting.. ive always wanted to be in a wedding party.. i was kinda hoping that my first wedding would be one of my friends but heck.. im just a greeter.. and it will be fun.. who really gets invited to that many foriegn weddings and actually gets to be a part of the wedding..

well thats pretty much it.. its been a good few days.. making me feel a little bit better about why im here.. i know i was slipping a little bit but i dunno.. every day that i go to school i feel better about being here.. it almost revitalizes me..

well gotta go eat.. later im heading to my ibus store to i dunno.. i guess help sell some shoes haha!

side note: also i thought of something else people can send me.. you know those crystal light drink mixes? id love some.. either some tea or lemonade.. just nothing orange flavored.. they have that here.. i also feel that thats stuff may be better than the stuff they have here.. JUST a side note.. i know they are cheap and they are light so.. :) love yaaasss

love you all :)


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