Orientation: Day 3: Computer Deaths and Fish Lips

I thought my laptop was gone for good when it was unresponsive and gave 3 loud beeps before dying completely. Nothing worked in waking it up. This morning, I tried again, and nothing helped.

During the afternoon, Roberta, the teacher from Guam who ALSO has a mac book, came in to take a look.  When I touched it, it was hot... so I knew it was on! From there we tried all combinations to rest the computer, and finally it started making noises. From there it took a few minutes and the apple appeared on the screen.... a friggin' miracle. That scare was the last thing in needed.

Without it, I would have been stuck without tools to write lessons or curriculum plans. What a nightmare. I thought for sure I was out of luck.

Orientation proves to be a challenge, since I've never worked with national teaching standards, curriculum writing, or breaking down a school year into units, lessons, etc. It's a lot of things I would have never thought about doing from an outside perspective.

Outside of that, things have been great. Kristan (Yes, the OTHER Kristen) and I ate dinner on the roof top on the school as the sun went down. We talked about our worries, doubts, and gave each other little, much needed pep-talks. Fish was the dinner tonight, and therefore the inevitable happened: dubbing over the song "Your Kiss On My List" song by Hall & Oates with "Your Fish is On My Lips." Naturally. Our singing was so horrible that no one had any clue what song we were parodying. The sky was blue, and the rain didn't fall today. It was a nice change. 

More card games were lost by me, (the game 'Oh Hell', to be exact) and tomorrow's orientation opens up a whole new plethora of challenges. Looking forward to it.