Today was a long, boring day. I found out that the kids are not allowed to come back until MONDAY! Their first day back is my last day—and I’ll need to leave earlier than usual since I have to get home to finish packing and not miss my flight. Also, they aren’t celebrating El Dia de Los Niños with a big fiesta until the 16th of August, so I’ll miss out, which is a bummer.
To pass the time, I wrote out the directions for taking care of the mural (basically, only clean with a feather duster, and DON’T TOUCH IT). I also delivered the extra unused (but painted) tiles to their respective homes—so I got a nice walk around the neighborhood.
However, after all this it still wasn’t 1pm. The mothers took extra long today to cook, and we weren’t handing out food to the families until 2:15pm. We had a small set back when no one had yet cut the cheese (no pun intended) to put with the batata. So there was a quick frenzy of cutting thin slices appropriate enough to feed everyone and to not delay the food serving any longer.
So tomorrow and Friday will be spent doing very little, but I’ll still go to help when I can (especially with regards to the photos in the dining hall).
The day ended with fun news. Maria Rodriguez, the mother closest to me in age (she’s 23 and already has 3 kids), invited me to join her and the other mothers on a girl’s night out on Friday. I’m definitely going and am very curious to see how the evening with go. The youngest mother is 23, but everyone else is 28 or above. All have at least three children if not more (except one mother who has two). I'll have to see how these parents party!
A quick side note: I posted another photo on the bottom of the webpage with me in it, so you get a better idea of the size of the mural…
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