Hanging in There

Hello family! I just wanted to give a quick update. I am hanging in there when it comes to teaching. Even though I only teach 20 hours a week, I still spend most of my day preparing lessons. My kindergarten class continues to be amazing and my elementary kids continue to annoy me. I would be very happy if I just had to teach kindergarten. I definitely do not see being a teacher in my career future. I also have to supervise playtime once a week. I actually really like the little kids. I thought I was crazy when I left because I have never really interacted with little kids at all. I now know I do pretty well with little kids. I am also learning to be patient with the elementary kids. On another note, I am getting eaten alive by mosquitios even with repellent. Various creatures roam our apartment including flies, mosquitos, crickets, cockroaches, lizards, spiders,and geckos. There are about five dead lizards in our window and we can hear the street dogs fighting at night. This stay in Thailand is definitely making me stronger and helping me expand my comfort zone. Yesterday was a lot fun! We went paddleboating at the crocodile park, went to the aquarium, got ice cream at the fancy ice cream parlor, went shopping, and then went to a soccer game. The soccer game was a lot of fun. We got our pictures taken with cardboard cutouts of the players and that night our picture was front page on the team's website. I hope you all are well and I hope Leanna has a good first day of school at our beloved USU!