Election Day!

After hearing about the election for far too long...today is here! I have been watching a lot of CNN World News, so I have thankfully been able to follow the campaigns for the past few weeks. It has been interesting to me how over here, the news involves the whole world. This is not the case with our news in the states. Basically a national disaster has to occur before we cover another country's news...unless of course it effects us. So, tonight I watched a live speech from McCain in Colorado. Why didn't he deliver a speech like that before? If he did, I think he would be a lot more confident right now. The other thing that I enjoyed watching was how many Americans are actually voting in this election...it is about time!! I have to admit that the more I watch, the more I find it hard to leave the TV or Tele as they say here. I am going to make this short tonight because I want to go to bed early so that I can wake up at 4:45am tomorrow to hopefully be just in time to hear some exciting news of the new US president. Who will be happy...Sheila or me....we will soon find out!

Quick recap of the day...school was great. Being with such little kids is a full time job, but it doesn't feel as much like work. I think this is because there is less traditional teaching and more experiential learning going on with life lessons like how to share or take turns. I am really enjoying my time with the kids. Today we found out that one of our students moved during last week, so he wont be back. This is something that I think I would really struggle with as an international school teacher. I only knew this kid a week and was sad today when I heard this news. I can't imagine not saying good-bye or anything after getting to know a child like a teacher does. This is so common though at schools like this because parents are always relocating...most of the time to different countries. Anyways, back to the day...after school we came home and had chicken for lunch. We were all excited because chicken is a precious thing here with the few that are alive and well. So, I started to use my fork to pull off the meat, but it didn't budge. I was politely trying to eat this which seemed more and more impossible. Sheila soon said, "Do you need to use your paws for this?" I told her I was waiting for that. So, we all were tugging and pulling with our fingers, but still nothing! We think that Kaytah, the cook, overcooked it or something...Then, we decided we needed "saws," so Sheila grabbed each of us sharp knives. The chicken finally came off the bone, but it still was a workout. Seeing all of our faces as we struggled was so funny, and there was a lot of laughter. It was probably good that Kaytah doesn't understand English because I think he would have been offended if he did. Good fun for the day!

Well, I'm going to bed...GO VOTE!!!!!