So another week has passed and yet I am that much closer to heading home. Although it is days like today that are going to make me miss Loja so much.
I know that sometimes I get upset here, and sometimes I just feel like packing up and going home, but I think everyone feels like that no matter what. However, today really showed just how amazing and really caring the people I know here are. It all started about two months ago when the biology teacher Angelica quit. There were some family problems, although we weren't sure of what. We also heard that Gladys, the school's director and Angelicas older sister, would be quitting at the end of the year. It was sad news, yet we couldn't really do much about it. However, yesterday Gladys, and Jose Vinico, the schools other director and chemistry teacher and Angelica's wife, quit. They did not tell any students, but some parents found out about it. This news was emotionally devestating for the students. Especially the seniors who have been with these people for 18 years now. They didn't want some new women taking over Glady's position, nor did they want someone else to hand them their diplomas (the new director will be their other sister Sorayah). So today our class had to go support our classmate Veronica in a poem competition. She did great and won second place. We were all so proud. Although we were happy for a moment, our mind went directly back to Gladys. Our class created chants and songs for them on the way back to the school. As we entered the school we sang the song as loud as we could and entered the center of the it. We Sang:
De dia vivire vistiendo la amarilla de noche a la Gladys le voy a cantar seras tu para mi lo mejor de este mundo..si te vas.. t juro q t seguire! vas a ser por siempre el birector josesito te llevo en el corazon! gritare con orgullo que un dia fui tu alumno..el profe mas torcuato del Ecuador! GLADYS, JOSE, ANGELICA! si...empre en el corazon de los liceinoos! los keremos y los vamos a extrañar!
Classes began to empty as they came to join us. The whole school sat there and protested. Jose and Angelica were both at the school retrieving their things. We went all out and sang to them. However, we were not going to move till Gladys came. We sat in the extremely hot sun for about three hours until Diego, our classmate, and his mother went to get Gladys. When she came everyone went nuts and surrounded the car. Our class president gaver her a speach and then she gave one. It was so touching and so beautiful. Gladys, Jose, Angelica, and their other brother Miguel, who supports the three, all joined us and said something. At the end every single person was crying, heck I was crying. We all waited in line to hug them all and it was truely so touching. The three also promised to attend the graduation. Being there made me realize that these people didn't care about getting punished. They wanted these people who have affected their lives so much to know how much they meant to them. I truely felt extremely honored to have been apart of it all. Now tomorrow we don't have school either because of all the comotion.
Well since all the comotion I am now looking forward to Carnival. The weekend has finally arrived. It feels like just yesterday I was talking about Carnival, but ha that was back in November. Time is truely flying by. I have to get prepared to be soaked and also egged. Ew eggs, but I hear they do wonders for your hair :D. I have heard all about Carnival, but hearing about something and actually experiencing it, is so different. I seriously cannot wait to go to Vilcabamba this weekend and have a great time with my family and friends. I'll have to write all about it when I get back.
On Tuesday, my package finally came. It had been almost 2 months. However, I was so excited. My Aunt Carol & Uncle Bill, being the amazing people they are were so generous. They always go above and beyond for everyone. A box of nerds, and card would have suficed, but they did so much more and I am so appreciative. I am truely a very very lucky person to have them in my life. I don't know what I would do without them. I am so excited to see them when i get back and just give them a big hug. It will be nice to just relax and get to spend time at the beach. My Aunt also had surgery this week, so please keep her in your prayers. Thanks.
My mom is going to the Dom Rep this weekend to visit my sister Ashley. I am so excited for her. I feel like she really needs to do this for herself. I know my sister is looking forward to seeing her as well. It's funny because a flight to Santiago, the city where my sister lives, costs $800 right now. However, since I am not so smart, I thought she lived in Santo Domingo. Well lucky for my mom flights to Santo Domingo right now only cost about $440 and a bus ride to Santiago is about $5. So crazy, which is a good lesson to all. Check all airports around the other city. My dad went to NYC yesterday with Bonna, his mom and my grandmother. Today they are going to a broadway play. I am really excited for him. He is so much fun and I know he and my grandma will have a wonderfull time together.
Oh and at home it has been snowing a lot lately. Ha I find that amusing. Well atleast they're safe, but cold. I like when they're cold. It makes me enjoy being here more.
I will write more soon. Just have so many things to do. I think I might go see Inglorious Bastards tonight with Santiago. Wow it's crazy. Time is just flying by. Again please feel free to write me.
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