Sick...

Hey all,
I know it has been a while since my last post, but the week has been busy for me. Let’s see… We had classes on Monday, school was cancelled Tuesday, Wednesday I started getting sick, and today I am REALLY sick. I have been alternating between the bathroom and my bed all day. I just cannot seem to keep anything down. Not to mention that I have had a sickening amount of homework over the last few days.
Monday, like I said, we had classes. This was the first day when I could feel the sickness coming on… I just couldn’t speak any Spanish. Well, I could, but it left a lot to be desired, and I continually was getting frustrated with the kids. I feel horrible about it now, but my temper was short. Thankfully, the kids memories are just as short.
Tuesday we had to cancel classes due to a shortage of teachers. Our community coordinator and our permanent teacher had to take the day off to do a government mandated census. It is peculiarly done here. The government does not want to pay anyone additionally to do the census, so they cancel school and have the teachers do it. You can see how highly valued education is. Work, however, was not over for me. I still had homework and lesson planning to do for the week.
Wednesday and Thursday I have been sick and was forced to miss class today. I actually feel another bout of sickness coming on so I am going to cut this short, but stay tuned for news of this weekend. Hopefully, I will be traveling to Grenada. If I recover a little, that is.
Patrick