Angela and I went to Los Reyes to get the scoop on the switch that is taking place this next weekend. Only Chris was there- the other three guys went to Uruapan (a bigger city about 2 hours away) for the weekend. When we asked Chris what was happening he became suspicious and asked us what we had heard. We just told him Cecilia had just emailed us and said we were moving and that Ryan was being transferred to Sahuayo. Chris apparently was on probation for just not being a good teacher I guess, he said that Cecilia never gave him any feedback but put him on probation. Initially Ryan was going to get fired and Chris was going to Sahuayo but he didn't know what happened to that plan. So Cecilia informed us we were moving to Los Reyes but did not inform Chris that he was fired yet. I felt really bad- he was pretty bummed but I told him it should be easy enough to get another english job down here. They are in pretty high demand. Still not sure exactly when the move is taking place but it will for sure be by next Wednesday. Yay!
On Saturday, before we left for Los Reyes, the secretary and two of her friends came over for lunch and she made us some chicken enchiladas. It was a fun afternoon until they decided they didn't want to leave and we did! We had told Geno that we wanted to leave around sixish to head down to Los Reyes... 8:30 rolls around and they bring out the tequila. Angela and I just decided to get ready and leave them here. When I went up to shower, I turned on the water and noticed something trying to crawl up the wall. I remembered a conversation with Daniel- Angela's Mexican friend about scorpions here. They have a small class of scorpions here- they call them aracanes and apparently they are quite dangerous. I remembered him telling us those are the only things to look out for here. Anyways- one decided to make my shower his new home. They are very small, I think they get to 2" max- this one was probably about an inch long. I stood on the other side of the shower chucking a brush at the thing until I was sure it was dead. The people I have asked about them say they are very fast moving and their sting sends you to the hospital. It causes you to hallucinate and can cause temporary paralysis. Usually requires medical attention and they give you the antivenom or whatever for it. I felt creepy crawly all day!!!
On a different note, Angela and I have been taking power walks everyday just to get out of the house and I need to get back in shape! Today we walked past this shop that sells t-shirts and I saw one that said Oshkosh!! It had a guy playing soccer on it but had Oshkosh in yellow letters. Apparently Angela has told her students where I'm from and many of them know of Oshkosh B'gosh. Small world.
I think I am finally starting to win over some of my teenagers! Just in time to leave for Los Reyes... Today was a good class, the ones who showed up were the ones interested in learning and are fun. They joked around with me a lot today and actually tried at the activities. When I told them I was being transferred to Los Reyes they joked that they were going to rent a combi (thats what they call the little 70s Volkswagon vans converted to buses that run from Los Reyes to Periban and back) everyday and come take English classes in Los Reyes! yay! It's still kind of a struggle with them but it is getting easier and easier and I think little by little they are accepting me. It's quite the process!
I'm heading to bed early tonight- not feeling the greatest today so hopefully a good nights sleep will cure whatever it is my stomach hates me for right now :)