hello folks! sorry to have been so quiet for so long! the last few times i have been into villa i have been pressed for time and unable to sit down and blog. So much to do! There always seems to be heaps of photocopying/shopping/showering type stuff to get out of the way :) I have just come back form a four day sport carnival where about 1000 kids (60 odd from my school) camped out at a massive school on the main island Efate and played round robin sports. CRAZY fun. What a hoot - way cooler than school camp - lots of fun and cheering and getting sun burned. I could not believe it - no tantrums, no homesick kids, no whyning, just fun and games. Our school did really well and i spent lots of time just chilling with kids and their parents who came along to support.
Im living with my family in the village full time now because there was a freaky scary guy hanging around my house where i have been living alone. Ill keep the house for when people come to stay with me but my Papa wasnt happy with me being there on my own when this dude is hanging about. So thats fun! this week there were ten of us in the house, though there is only usually 8 - my mama and papa, eldest sister and her two children (4yrs and 3 mnths) my youngest sister, my brother, two cousins and myself. Plus two cats and a dog. Never a dull moment :) Its nice having kids in the house thoug, makes it feel more like home. Im on school holidays for a week, then back to the gringing stone - and this term will be a big one. Ill be going to the top of the volcano to spend a week with the teachers at the school up there as well as a week on the neighbouring island Pele to help out there. Plus it is the big eams for the year 8 classes so they will be boearding at the school and well be running nightly study sessions and etra classes. these eams are a massive deal for the kids because they decide weather or not they can continue onto yr 9, as well as which school they get accepted to. Will be very intense i anticipate.
In other news, i have started to learn to weave, which is cool as can be, as well as fire twirling, skipping stones and various other games that have no name. I am getting ecited about coming home fore a brief visit and Sarahs wedding. So much fun to be had. Hope everyone is well and happy and having a good time
xoxo
flick