Week 9

Getting ready to leave the ranch on Saturday, and looking forward to our next destination : Telchac Puerto. I started to pack, we took advantage of some great finds in Izamal and purchased some souvenirs – and although Manon took some of our things back to Toronto, we do have some more baggage now. Not to worry though, because we did not have our full luggage allowance on our flight in so we can buy an extra bag and fill it. Also, the house purging we did to prepare for our trip have made us somewhat better at letting go of unnecessary goods. So we will leave some things behind.
School is taking most of my time right now, I want to make sure that the boys are not behind when they return to their respective class – in about four weeks! It’s challenging to prepare the right exercises in a sufficient amount so that they get to assimilate the concepts – we only do about 3 hours of school a day. Keeping them motivated is equally challenging. I have a much better understanding of what teachers go through, and a lot of respect for their work. I have a hard time providing adequate individual attention and feedback to my two boys, so a class of 20 (or more) requires incredible dedication.
With school and business back in full force I have not looked at my repertoire of songs since we’re at the ranch. So much for taking the time to do it… time seems to escape me even here in Mexico. I am hoping to work on it when we will be in Telchac.
I will attempt to restore contact with Telchac Education, for some reason I have never heard back from the lady after she confirmed my teaching engagement at the elementary school there. Telchac Education is a small charitable organisation which sponsors children throughout their school years. It’s ran and was founded by a couple of american women, Judy and Susan – and Susan is the lady we are renting the Telchac house from. I hope I can still go to that school, even if it’s not for all the classes.
We are about to begin the last third of our big adventure, and I am reflecting on what this all means to me and what I have learned. We each have our own set of learnings, likes and dislikes with this journey, and I am looking forward to talking about it with Tim and the boys in a few months – once the main thoughts have matured and taken their rightful place in our brains and in our hearts.
One thing I know for sure : You can take me out of Mexico, but you can not take Mexico out of me ! This trip has made me reconsider a big project that I had, and reprocess it through my little idea factory. Smaller is better in this case, and I’m glad I didn’t go forward head down like the good aries-capricorn that I am. : )