Tears and Swimming Pools

I knew it was only a matter of time before I received a horrible bout of homesickness. I was right. On Saturday morning I woke up and broke into tears before even getting out of bed. I wanted to go home soooooooo badly. I started to invent reasons why I MUST go home now. Maybe I could get some deadly desease or maybe someone in my family really needs me right now, maybe.... the ideas kept getting more and more crazy. I decided I better call my mother dearest before I went crazy. My mom and dad were great. I called them EARLY Saturday morning and they were both dropped everything to listen to me ramble on between sobs. Needless to say, they gave me some great suggestions and cheered me up sufficiently.
Later that day I went to check out a hotel that my parents might stay at when they come and it was really nice, I'm so excited about them coming!!!! I plan to spend lots of time a the hotel with them and take advantage of the great swimming pool. Speaking of swimming pools, I took the kids swimming on Sunday and they had a GREAT time. They had never been in a pool before so I was a bit nervous but I brought lots of adults to watch them. (although the adults were sometimes sillier than the kids:) Manu can almost swim, Manice was brave but never took off her water wings. Jacob and Sammy were quite terrified at times but they had fun on the stairs. Overall it was a great day.
My tutor is still a no-show. He came the first day and dropped off two books and then I haven't seen him since. It's a bit of a mystery. Maybe he'll come today. I've been practising my Creole a lot lately and it's SLOWLY improving. Sometimes I say really funny things and everyone laughs but I'm not as sensitive as when I first got here. I still have a hard time understanding people but it's coming. I'm trying to put more energy into learning the language these days, it's very crucial for me that I can communicate with the teachers.
To all my daily blogger watchers sorry I haven't written every day. I'll try to keep you updated on my oh-so-exciting life but somedays I just don't find the time. Later.