My first day at school was two days ago and for not having any idea what was going to happen, things worked out perfectly. I showed up at San Juan de la Cruz (my school) a little before 9, which is when class starts over here. I hung out outside with the kids for a bit before I saw the teachers entering the building and decided I couldn't be a creeper any longer. In a matter of five minutes I met a dizzying array of teachers and I feel horrible admitting this, but I don't remember a single one of their names. I'm pretty bad with names to begin with and meeting so many people at once really just compounded my naturally defective memory.

Anyway, I got a tour of the school, which is pretty big and situated in this really old building with tall ceilings and stuccoed walls. I sat in on English classes with a professor who is 23. It was really quite entertaining when the kids walked into the classroom, saw me, and asked their crazy questions such as whether I was his wife. The kids are really fun, have tons of energy, and really don't seem to focus on their studies too much :) In one class the only thing they had to do was copy down 7 sentences in 45 minutes from the chalkboard and the majority of them didn't even get that finished.

I haven't really gotten to do much with the students so far. I've just been observing class and taking it all in. I should get my schedule for work on Monday so hopefully then someone will tell me what I can do with the students so I feel like I'm doing something productive. It's actually quite boring sitting at the front of the classroom for 4 and a half hours listening to someone else teach.

Lucia, Dan, and I have been on a mission the last couple of days to get mobile phones so we can stay in touch with each other and our schools. So we've been traisping around town, comparing prices at the different shops, but the place we want to get phones from don't have any in stock and don't know when they'll have more, so when we're in Jaen (the capital of the province) for orientation tomorrow, we're hoping we can find a store that will actually set us up.

Eating here is so different from the States. At school we have a break from 12 to 12:30 where people usually have a snack of some kind, but lunch doesn't take place until the work day is over at 2. So I usually have bread, meat, and cheese for lunch at 2, then take a siesta from 2-5 because most of the stores around town shut down for "midday." Then when things open again at 5, we go do errands and shopping, and dinner usually doesn't happen until after 9 pm. Totally different from at home where I ate at 5 or 6.

And yes, I know, you want to see pictures of Baeza and my piso. I'm working on it. Don't you worry.