So after a month, how is your VACATION in Ecuador going. There are people who are cruel enough to ask this question! I will describe a typical work day for us.
We arise at 5:30 AM and eat breakfast. By the time we shower, get dressed and are ready for school it is 6:45. We ride the bus which transports both children and adults to school. Our ride is about 25 minutes in length meaning that we arrive at school about 7:15. Classes start at 7:30. Each class is 40 minutes in length (approximately). There is no passing time for teachers who move from class to class and so classes are 40 minutes give or take five minutes. Since the horn is sounded manually, the person in charge may or may not remember to sound the horn on time.
We teach four classes and then have a 40 minute break where a light snack is served. Often this consists of a rice dish. Friday, it was a pancake with marmalade on top. This is the time of the day when everyone does their own thing, including the kids.
We then end the day with three more classes. On average we teach six lessons out of seven. MJ teaches five out of seven classes each day. By 1:00 PM the bus is loaded for the trip home.
We often stop to eat at a small café operated by the husband of the school principal. He serves up a hearty lunch of a soup and a main plate for $1.25 each. Basically this is an “all you can eat” type of meal.
We arrive home at approximately 2:30 and often take a short nap. We go to the internet shop and generate all that wisdom you read here on a daily basis. We answer emails (not enough), read the local newspapers in various communities in which we have lived, do our banking, etc.
From 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM we tutor a class of teenagers for a lady who runs an English academy. It is often 7:00 PM before we arrive back at the apartment. We eat a lighter meal, read a bit, and prepare for the next day. We usually go to bed between 9:00 and 9:30.
How is that for a VACATION schedule?
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Looks like you have more to do than when you were Superintendent.
Not much of a retirement.
It is a wonderful service your are both doing.
Look forward to seeing you are Christmas.
VAC
Personally, I go for the all inclusive vacation where the cabana boy brings me a pretty fruity drink with an umbrella on it. There is a beach involved and there is no need to wear a watch. You wake up whenever and go to bed whenever. Now that is a "vacation" to me. What you are doing is definitely NOT a vacation. Sounds like they work you harder than I do--imagine that! By the way, I'm working on a list for you for when you visit. = )
Love you both,
Marcie = )
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