A day in the life...

Hello all, I have received several e-mails from people asking me what exactly I do here in this beautiful country called Haiti. I guess I never really explained my role here. So I'm going to take a minute to tell you about a day in the life of Kim.
Well, my official title is "Assistant Project Manager". Very fancy I know. The teachers here call me "directrice" which means principal. In reality I'm more like a cross between a secretary and a vice-principal:) There are 104 kids in the school and 7 teachers. I'm here to assist the teachers with supplies and sometimes with discipline. All the supplies are in the house and therefore the teachers need to ask me for whatever supplies they need; ie. pencils, paper, chalk, scissors etc. Also, the teachers don't have access to computers so whenever something needs to be typed for the students I type it up and make photocopies for them. This past week I was very busy typing all the exams for the first semester. I assist alot with the kindergarten class because the teacher is unable to walk and her class if full of energy. Other than that, I stay busy with administrative work, like typing reports, problem solving and organizing files for each student. Sometimes when teachers are having a difficult time with a student I will take them off their hands for a little while to give them a break. So that's basically what I do. In the evenings I'm in charge of showering the kids from the house. Sometimes I read with them or help them with their homework. After that I'm free to read a book, hang out with the guys in the house, watch T.V. or just go to bed early. Every day goes by so fast.
As for an update on my life... things are back to normal after my parents left. I'm back to rice and beans and no swimming in the afternoon:) I thought I'd be really down after my parents left but it was sort of nice to get back into my old routine and talk with the people I hadn't spent much time with for a whole week.
Today I'm going to Jenny's again for a swim and a quiet night. It's always nice to get away from the constant activity that happens at Coram Deo.
**Just a quick personal note, Nicole I've tried e-mailing you but it just gets sent back to me. I will try e-mailing you from Cadeau's account.**