Back in PR

We have made it back to Puerto Rico. We arrived back on the island on the 29th of July. Our flights went well and we actually ended up with all of our bags when it was all said and done. First time for everything. Upon returning to our house, we found it just as we had left it. Well, there was a pretty thick layer of dust over everything, a couple cockroaches, a dead mouse in the middle of the living room and a couple lizards that had started to move into the guest room… but that is normal. A couple days later, Jaylyn (my cousin) and Ted, her fiancé, flew into San Juan. Right away we took them to the rainforest to stay in our favorite cabin owned by our friends the Haits. The cabin was wonderful, but the secret waterfall that we took Jay and Ted to was what they enjoyed the most. Other times that Jon and I have been there we haven’t really been able to swim, but this time we took advantage. We climbed to the top and found a great Jacuzzi in the waterfall. It was definitely a highlights. The next day we went to the “touristy” side of El Yunque and to a waterfall there. That was packed with Puerto Ricans, but still refreshing in the hot sun. We did many things with Jaylyn and Ted and enjoyed having them here. They did get to experience a bit of the real life as the car did overheat for them in San Juan. And since then we have taken the car in 5 times to get it looked at and more parts repaired. Now I understand why people just buy new cars.

We have had an excellent start to our school year this year. Jon is in a brand new classroom with great stadium seating for the kids and a huge Smart Board with a very high quality projector. The kids are enthralled. His class sizes are very low this year, I think his biggest is 19, as he is teaching 3/5 advanced classes, so he is very spoiled and has nothing to complain about. I am in my old room still, and we are pretty packed in there with 2 classes of 29 kids. But I like my kids this year and have already taught 3/5 of them before, so we have a good relationship and I think that they will be easy to work with. But then again, it is only the first week of school…. Next week could be an entirely different story!!