day eight.

so my host mom wouldnt let me go teach at both schools today, she said i would get sick soon if i keep teaching so many classes! it was a pretty funny conversation, with me saying i should go, her saying i shouldnt, and the constant spanish and english mistakes, but in the end, i slept in this morning, and only taught from twelve to six with the third and fourth graders.

i cant get over how crazy the kids are about the teachers. i cannot walk two steps without a kid saying ´hola teacher!´´hi teacher,´or ´maestra emily´and about 100 hugs and kisses. i think i avoided me teachers when i saw them in the hallway. perhaps i didnt exactly avoid them, but i definitely did not kiss them! its a nice feeling though. they are really liking the things i brought from home. markers and crayons dont really exist here. everyone has colored pencils, but i have even MORE colors... who could have imagined how fun those could be. stickers are a huge hit as well, as i expected.

after classes, my host fam took me to meet the grandparents, or my host dads dad. he is a famous singer here in panama. he sings typical panamanian music, and he draws about 4000 people each week,which is really a huge number considering this country has about 3.5 million people total. 4000 would be at least all of chicago in proportional terms. and let me tell you, their house...AMAZING! it was HUGE and had hammocks all over the place. and the kitchen was outside, but it was covered in this antibug stuff so there were no bugs. and there was a library filled with gorgeous old books. and a garden with a fountain. and so much more... all in panamanian style of course, making it even more wonderful to me. like an exotic resort, except the owners are actual people who want to make me dinner and gave me avocadoes! they are taking me to a concert (which they are calling a baile slash dance) and i am so excited.

so i came home for dinner and get this... what was waiting for me to eat for dinner?? none other than the infamous McDONALDS. wow. they were so excited to give it to me. (um, ew). i had a salad. oh well. i havent eaten mcd´s in more than a year, but im just saying panamanian mcdonalds doesnt count, right?

so THEN my host mom just told me that TOMORROW we are leaving for chiriqui! its supposed to be a really nice place. i thought we would leave friday after class, but apparently she ha dalready told me that it is tomorrow, and i just didnt catch that detail. so im done teaching for the week i suppose. i feel really bad about that, but cant let down the host fam, now can i. they are going just to bring me and show me their house there. (remember, i am definitely NOT roughing it). i am super excited to go.

other than that, im just roughin the mosquito bites. but its ok, becuase i am laying in hammocks while i do so.