It’s not as bad as I thought it would be although the bathroom needs some serious work. I’m staying in a two bed-room apartment (another teacher should be coming in less than two weeks…fingers crossed) which included a large living room, “balcony” or concrete alcove for hanging clothes, and a modest size kitchen with various cookware and oddities. The bathroom however…well let’s just say I haven’t bathed since I got here for a reason.
Have I only been here three days? It feels like months. Must be all the traveling and the shock of being on the opposite side of Earth from everything I know, from the people that I care about. The altitude might be having an effect as well, my lungs have been hurting since Sunday, the result being a soporific one. Feeding myself hasn’t been the most successful either, though now at least I know where the markets are to buy fresh vegetables and things and have been eating better.
Teaching…teaching is hard. My class yesterday with ETP A kind of bombed, no one understood what I was saying and the students were really rowdy. I think the subject matter “Love and Marriage in North America” kind of when over their heads (it was the first chapter of the text book we’re using, not my idea) as the vocabulary was too difficult. Today I’m teaching ETP B a double period and I think this one is planned better including some games and even a magic trick! Seriously, none of my teachers growing up was even half as fun as us ETP teachers try to be. And yes, I’m somewhat resentful of that 
Off to class!