It's A GIRL!

So as most of you may already know, DJ and Jo are having a baby girl. I have to say I was surprised because I was thinking it would be a boy but I'm super excited and just happy everyone is healthy. Good thing I'm here and can't go shopping for cute clothes! Will save me lots of money! :)

So yesterday was a pretty calm, relaxing day. I worked in the morning on some Spanish worksheets trying to improve my grammar and then spent the rest of the time working on the Sex Ed unit. After lunch, I hung out with the kids on the stairs going up to the boys rooms. Luis Alberto and I played throwing rocks into a puddle of water at the bottom of the stairs. This was semi-entertaining somehow. Mineli and David were "bathing" in the sink outside of the laundry room and getting everything soaking wet. Then the workers were Dominican mopping, pouring soapy water onto the floor and sweeping it out, the laundry room and little Mineli who is 6 was helping to sweep. How many 6 year olds in the states do this?

For the afternoon, I continued to work some on the Sex Ed unit and also tried to do some ordering of medications from an organization named Heart to Heart International. I had to predict how much Tylenol, Benadryl, antibiotics, etc we would need for 6 weeks of clinics. So, how much Tylenol, etc for about 6000 patients. This was a daunting task because it is so hard to predict what we'll see and need.

Before dinner, I spent some time with the kids just sitting around doing a whole lot of nothing. I did lift Ari, one of the little twins, up to try to make a basket but the ball went about 1 inch from her hand and then fell back down towards her head and me.

For dinner, we got to go out for pizza. YUMMY! Brooke did her closing, she was a 2 week volunteer, and she had nice things to say to everyone. We also got to "dress up", meaning we didn't have to wear our OO t-shirts. What a small pleasure to wear a non-uniform shirt and jeans. I love the level of dress up here! :)

Coco also treated us to ice cream after pizza which was a great end to the evening. I had a chocolate ice cream bar with chocolate fudge on it. It hit the spot! After this we came back and I read some before going to bed.

This morning after breakfast Heather and I had to clean our room. We hadn't cleaned it well in 3-4 weeks and were having ants and cockroachs in our room. So, it was time to get down and dirty. We Dominican mopped our bedroom floor and then put on gloves and scrubbed the bathroom. I scrubbed the walls, the floor and she worked on the toilet and sink. It smells better now but our toilet still stinks like urine often. We'll have to clean it more often I think!

For the rest of the day we just have free time to catch up on whatever, hang out with the kids, etc. A family of 4 with two kids aged 7 and 8 are coming tonight around dinner time and a one weeker guy is coming in late this evening. Tomorrow a team from Canada, an all girls school, is coming down with 16 people. So welcome back team mode! :) For now, I'll enjoy my free quiet and peaceful time until the new people arrive and we welcome them!

Miss you all and love you!