What's new in Guyana?

Welcome to the new year!   This means the countdown is ON.  Just a few months and life will be upside down again for me. Who knows where I will land?  What will I do?  All will be revealed...quicker that I can imagine! Oh, I have ideas and my family know what they are.  But life has a way of flipping any plans out the window.  School started on January 4th.  Shortly after that, I had an MRI done on my back.  I entered Peace Corps with a condition for which I received physical therapy.  With the nature of one's lifestyle in a third world country, the poor ole back is acting up.  I realized I was walking around every day assessing my pain level.  Now, you know that's not right.  Time to get some medical attention.  The MRI shows I have a mild case (doesn't FEEL so mild) of L4/L5 out of alignment.   I was referred to a physical therapist and, on doctor's orders, relocate into Georgetown during the we...

WARNING...THIS IS LONG! OK OK...so it's been a long while since I last blogged. I am unbelievably challenged in the village.  I am presently in Georgetown for the week and can get the blog updated! Term 1, the Christmas Term came to a quiet, but focused end.  The reading group that read the first Harry Potter book BARELY finished before the break.  So, with that in mind, we won't be reading any more of the HP series as a group! Based on my first year at the school, I did not hold high expectations for big changes.  In fact, I found myself more serene about the flow of energy.  I basically have learned not to fight the masses; just flow with what is happening.  We continue our "Good Behavior" program that awards the students for going out of their way to improve in terms of relationship building, teamwork, ground cleanliness and so on.  It appears that teachers need more time to have this new notion become part of their awareness pattern.  Wh...