Daily Routine

It's nice to be settling into a routine. Although we're trying to be careful of not being too routine. Lately we've just been working and cooking. We got to the store almost everyday and pick up something new and exciting. Also, Ryan drinks a ton of milk so we're always out =)

I've picked up two more classes so I've got just shy of 20 hours. This is great news! They start on Monday and one of them is starting the same lesson I just started with my other class, so that will be nice because I won't have to come up with a whole other lesson. They offered Ryan two more classes too but one conflicted with his current teaching schedule and the other was on a Saturday. Frankly, teaching is a means to see this country and travel and learn so he said no to the Saturday class.

Tonight we're having all of the new teachers, Maria Jose and Casey over for tacos and drinks! They finally finished repainting the house and although it still smells like paint a tad, its finally ready to have guests! Everyone is bringing something to drink and then Ryan and I are going to make the tacos and some sort of dessert. Our dining room table is big enough to have everyone sit down and eat. It will be really nice and a great way to get to know the other new teachers too!

We heard some good and some not so good news from our Landlord today. The good news is that the TV repairman is coming over today at 5pm to fix the TV. We think this means to install cable, but we're not sure. The TV works fine for a TV that doesn't have cable (i.e. it plays our DVDs fine). The not so good news is that the whole neighborhood is not going to have water starting tomorrow at 7 (not sure AM or PM) until Sunday (not sure what time). I believe he said that its because we haven't had enough rain here and so there's not enough water to power the hydroelectricity for the city. There's a good chance that I'm wrong, but I think that's what he said. They did this before we came except instead of shutting off peoples water they shut off their electricity. So we'll see... we'll probably have to go to a McDonalds or something if we have to go to the bathroom. Weird...

Anyways, that's about it lately. This weekend we're on a mission to find shoes for Ryan. He couldn't find his black shoes before he left and so he needs to buy a pair here. The problem is that Ecuadorians don't have big feet like he does. So it will take us some time to find a good pair thats the right price and comfortable. We also are going to this concert for Haiti with Maria Jose and Casey on Sunday morning and then probably going to TGIFs or Chili's to watch the Superbowl.

Hope all is well at home. Miss you all.

MULUB,

Taylor

PS. For any bakers/foodies our there I've started following some pretty great blogs. Let me know if you're interested!