costumes, markets, hotels and closed roads

So today is a national holiday here in Guatemala and this mid week break has been nice!

13 of us went to Antigua last night and had a great time. We stayed in a really nice little hotel with beautiful grounds and a great breakfast this morning!

We went out to dinner and then to bar. I left in the second wave of sleepers around midnight, which is great because the last group was out until past 3 they tell me! Today we had breakfast and some people lounged by the pool. I went back to bed. We were supposed to go see parades and such but there weren't any, and it started to pour rain so we just hung out then had lunch. At lunch we heard that the road home was closed due to a shooting at a mall-- it was 100% drug related. So we left right away and took the back road home to insure we did indeed get home. Though another day off wouldn't be the worst thing! haha.

On Tuesday, at school, we got to dress up in Traditional Guatemalan CLothing (the picture). So I went to the market last weekend and 4 of the teachers (me, Laura, Katie and Keiko-left to right) bought these outfits.

It was pretty cute! A bunch of my kids came dressed up too- photo included. It was prety cute. The parents put on a market in our cafetorium for the elementary school. So the kids got to buy things and eat typical food etc. It was great fun but made for a CRAZY day at school. A write off basically. The kids were nuts. Hopefully they are better tomorrow.

It is the time of year of parent meetings. We are just over a month in so I have something like 5 parent meetings this this and next week about student's progress...yeah fun..YUCK!

That is about it I think.

As you can see from the pictures we have had some sunny days! It is quite beautiful here when it is warm! Hopefully this weekend is nice, since it is take 2 of beach get away. I think 9 of us are headed that way on Saturday morning! Should be fun! On that note, I think I will go to the gym now.

oxox