rafting in Banos

this weekend, I FINALLY got to go to Banos!  Banos is a city in the jungle about two hours away from where I live.  Audra and I have been trying to go for about 6 weeks and EVERY weekend something gets in the way - school, being sick, coup to overthrow the president (more on this later). but finally, this weekend I was able to go with some of my friends from work and their other climbing friends.  There was a rafting competition for beginners and it was SO much fun! granted, there was a lot of waiting and a lot of driving for 15 minutes of rafting, but it was definitely worth it.  I loved getting to hang out with new friends and I LOVED being out in the jungle! it is so stinkin pretty out there! unfortunately, i didn't get a ton of pictures that show just how awesome it was.  but here are a few of my rafting adventure..

this is only some of the people at the competition.  earlier, we were ALL under that little blue roof to get out of the rain while hearing the instructions.

waiting out the rain

it was a great weekend, but now.. back to work.  this will be an incredibly crazy week!
here's what i have this week:
- midterm for my kids class
-final for my other classes
-halloween final program (play and song) for my kids class
-2 dress rehearsals and 5 performances for the play i'm in
-parent/teacher conferences for my kids class
-and final grades due friday

so, if and when i make it through this week, i'll be posting again with pictures and videos of all the craziness

work or play?

ok i know that's a cheesy title, but couldn't think of anything better :)

well, it's been forever since i've posted, sorry about that. my life has been consumed by work and.. play practice. yes that's right, play practice.  evidently the english teachers at the school I work at put on a play (in spanish) at the end of each cycle.  this cycle the play is based off of "El Chavo del Ocho".  It's this comedy that pretty much all of latin america grew up watching and loves.  I had never seen it before, but apparently I look like one of the characters- Popis.  so lucky me, I get to be in the play.  i was so not excited at first, BUT i'm actually starting to really like it. who knew? not me.

here's a clip of the show the play is based off of. I'm the girl in the pink and green dress - Popis

El Chavo del 8 - clase de astronomia

the play is next wednesday and thursday, and don't worry, because so many people have already asked for it, audra will be filming it and i'll be putting the video on here.. it should be pretty funny even if you don't understand spanish