A Day in the Life... Weekday edition

Kevina:

5:30 wake up, prepare bucket to wash (fill up soap powder and clorox)

5:45 walk to the creek (say hi to the Sha'an...old lady, and the Yatz)

6:30- Finish washing clothes and walk home, saying good morning to all the high schoolers waiting for the bus

6:35- Put on the water, and wake up Greg or if Greg is awake go and hang up clothes

6:45- Make breakfast with Greg (he cooks the onions, tomatoes, and eggs and I do the tortillas)

7:10- Bucket bathe

7:30-Iron uniform, sweep house, pack school bag

7:45- braid my hair, get dressed and relax with Greg

8:oo-Leave for school

8:00- First morning computer class

8:30- Second morning computer class

9:00 school starts, clean up from class, org lessons/ schedule for the day, sign in

9:30- Observe or model a math lesson

10:30- Break (meet with teachers)

10:45- Observe or model Language Arts lesson

12:00 close computer lab, walk home to make lunch (tortillas and jam, or pb and banana tortilla)

12:20 Finish lunch make tea and read until 12:55

1:00 School opens, observe or model a read aloud

1:15 Test reading levels with the MICO diagnostic reading test

2:30 Break...go over newest test results with teachers

2:45- Afternoon computer class with standard 5 and 6

3:30- School is out coach girls volleyball with Mr. Cal coaching the boys

5:00-Come home, take in clothes, sweep

5:30- Relax, talk to Greg

6:00- Start dinner, Ethan comes over to trade out another of our DVDs (every night for 3 weeks this has been going on, along with about 4 other kids)

6:30-Eat dinner (spaghetti, Greg's amazing pad Thai ramen, veggies and mac and cheese) and make extra tortilla dough for the next days breakfast and my lunch

7:00- Wash the dishes at the pipe and bathe

7:20- Lay in hammocks with Greg and talk about the day/ joke/ catch up on Peace Corps drama or watch a movie with the kids

8:00 Shut the doors and say goodnight to the Cohs

8:20 bed time

Greg:

5:30 wake up, say bye to kev and attempt to go back to sleep

6:00 Get out of bed, go to the bathroom and put water on to boil, play games on my ipod until kev comes back, 1st cup of coffee

6:45 Start breakfast (chopping veggies and making eggs)

7:10 Play ukulele or ipod games

8:00 say bye to kevina and go wash dishes in the shower and then bathe

8:20 get dressed and play ukulele

9:00 Leave for school on my bike

9:15 Arrive at school after the 3 mile ride...begin to sweat, turn on computers and internet hub, drink cold water

9:30 Assist principals with activity planning, computer assistance, school events

10:30 Break eat garnaches and choco bananas, sometimes let children check out books

10:45 Assist principals or teachers, Check email

*11:00 stop sweating from bike ride

12:00 Lunch with the other teachers at the cafeteria...free lunch from the 'feeding programme' rice and beans with stewed chicken, or gibnut, or armadillo and other Belizean dishes

12:35 open the computer lab for teachers, assist with internet questions

1:00 Assist a teacher bringing their class to the library

2:30 Break, get materials ready for computer class

2:45 computer class

3:30 school is out, supervise children getting on the bus until 4:00

4:05 close down computer lab, or stay until 7 if I am working it that week

4:15 ride 3 miles home or go play ukulele at Bill's until 5:30

4:30 Come home and bathe, visit with Santiago or Jr, catch kevina up on my day, text friends, go to the shop and get ideals and staples kev needs for dinner

6:30 Eat dinner

6:45 play ukulele, read, hammock time, or movie time until bed

8:00 Close up the house

8:20 Bed time