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Tuesday May 26 2009
I wake up to watch the sunrise out on the balcony. So quite in the morning with a few dogs barking in the distance, birds singing and just totally enjoying the moment. We all eat breakfast load up in the van and head to the school. I worked with Leon and we finished his story. Chelsea started printing it so as soon as we were finished I sat him down at a computer for him to start typing it. Checked with Nikki and she was almost completed with her story and she will start typing hers tomorrow. I am feeling really good about getting all three completed. Kerean has been typing hers and she should have it completed today or tomorrow. As the students get their stories typed we will start the editing part. This will be difficult because you want the story to be in their own words so we have to be very careful in how we edit it. Dustin said this was also a problem last year. You want it in proper English but you also want the student to tell the story in their words. Challenges definitely lie ahead. At lunch Dave came up to me and said Miss I cannot eat another juicy pattie would you buy me lunch. Now I think the patties are great and it is a very cheap meal. It is wonderful that the school is able to buy their lunch a few days of the week. But since I have such a big heart I took him Kerean and another student down the street to Burger King. This was Dave’s choice and I brought them all lunch. I did not eat because I decided that once I was here I would only eat at local establishments, after all I can get Burger King any time. We headed back to Summerset had lunch and relaxed for the afternoon we walked down to Negril Escape and went swimming in the ocean. Cody wanted to jump off the light house and asked me if I would. Sure – as I have no fear (ha ha) but he would not even get in the water so Pam and I decided before leaving Jamaica we would definitely jump from the light house. I climbed up it later that evening and I would have to say it is comparable to a High Dive maybe a little taller but what the heck we only live once. Libby showed up with Carrie and new student from IU working on her Phd who just arrived. We talked and as we were walking back to Summerset she said she was relieved when she met us because she thought there would be quite a few young kids. Pam, Cody and I headed back down to Negril Escape to watch the sunset. Boomblast and Dale tagged along. We then stopped by Ros Rowdy to get dinner – festival and soup was enough for me. I am having a blast – eating a lot but walking a lot so really burning off the calories. My ankles are getting back to normal and I am keeping a close eye on them, placing ice on them at night if they start to swell. Back to Summerset – played dominoes and then went to bed. Tomorrow morning snorkeling!