... Don't know how much longer it's scheduled to last, but I'm holding out for more. PreService Training is starting to feel like the chain-pull at the beginning of a 2-year-long roller coaster ride: Slow and steady at first, dealing primarily with nerves and not psyching yourself out, before a long series of ups and downs that are practically out of one's own control. But that's one of the reasons I'm here, right? To give up control.
Before I forget, be sure to read up on my pal Andrew's blog - he's a gifted comic and it shows in his posts. He's on the other side of the island from me (6 o'clock to 12 o'clock), so the only times I get to see him are during training, but that's okay, 'cause that is all I can stand of him anyway. (oh snap!)
Drinking lots of water here. Around 3 16oz bottles a day. And of course I'm sweating. But the heat isn't overpowering for me, and the mosquito bites have toned down, thanks to a fresh bottle of OFF! and a fan in my bedroom. Also, I come bearing news about a neat custom here. Perhaps many of you have heard that on the hottest days, it's good for you to eat hot soup? I had not, but it's common practice here to have hot tea in the morning and hot soup for lunch. Why? Wouldn't that be uncomfortably hot in 90°+ weather? It turns out that, while your body temp does increase almost imperceptibly, it's enough to where the air feels cooler, and it's quite refreshing. MYTHBUSTERS: CONFIRMED.
We were given our school attachment assignments yesterday – I will be working at a primary school one day a week for as long as they need me. I hope to get in touch soon with the volunteers from St. Lucia who have instituted a chess program in their primary schools, so as to borrow curriculum and advice/inspiration for an analogous program here on St. Kitts. Barring that, I've always got a new soccer ball.
Pics of my host family and St. Kitts soon. In the meantime, new blog header!
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