Day 7

July 25, 2012

Last night went better as far as sleeping for me. Joel, however, has not adjusted to the time change yet. Today he felt very ill and spent most of the day in bed.

We went and talked to the assistant principal to discuss all our general expectations and compensations. Originally our plan was to obtain our checks, go to the bank and set up an account then to the store to buy our toaster oven and coffee maker. Since Joel was not feeling well we were not able to go out. We did eat at McDonalds today because I was craving French fries since Joel’s mom commented about them on one of my photos.

Since we did go out for lunch I was able to see the extent of the typhoon damage. Most of the trees on the street in front of the school were uprooted. Some of the astroturf on the soccer fields was peeled back. While the storm was at its peak, I heard what I thought was hail but it turned out to be tiles from the wall hitting the window. This all from a little storm that no one said to be worried about.

Joel and I noticed today that everything here is much smaller than we are used to. The bathtub is about half the size of the ones in the US and the shower head is quite low. All the couches and chairs are very low to the ground with is not a problem for me but mainly for Joel. The large size drink at McDonald’s is the size of a small which is probably a good thing. The kitchen counters are probably what bothers me the most. I hate bending over so far to do the dishes or cut vegetables.

I was able to chat with some of my friends from home which made my day. It was nice to see them all and hear English again. I do miss being able to have the freedom of calling anyone at anytime.

P.S. Did I mention how much I hate this humidity? My hair is twice the size and curliness .

Our street