The Final Countdown...

Hey Everyone!

Happy Holidays to you all.  Thanksgiving has come and gone and now Christmas is on the horizon.  This is the first year that I have been away from my family for the holidays, and to make it even stranger, it has been about 85 degrees the past few weeks.  The warm weather definitely makes it weird to listen to songs like "Walking in a Winter Wonderland" or "Let it Snow", but we still listen to them anyways!  It will definitely be strange to be away from my family for Christmas, but I just keep telling myself that it will make next year that much sweeter. 

We got to celebrate Thanksgiving in a big way a couple of weeks ago.  A family from our school always invites all the teachers over, so there were about 40 of us all together.  After school we came home to Skype with my family, then headed over for Thanksgiving dinner.  There was SO much food, and there was even TURKEY, which was exciting because that is rare in Bolivia.  I ate way more than I should of, and was stuffed and ready for bed by the end of the evening.  It was a really neat experience to share such a traditionally American holiday with people from different countries, while in a different country.  Definitely a Thanksgiving to remember...

School is winding down for the semester.  This week is the last full week of classes.  Next week all I have to do is give semester exams and enter my grades into the system.  I can't believe that the semester is essentially over.  I am basically spending the majority of the week reviewing for the exams, so there really is not that much work to do over this week.  Next Friday marks the end of semester, and then we have 3 weeks off for break, which of course will be a welcome break!  Rachel's mom is coming to visit at the end of our break, and we are also planning on heading to La Paz and Copacabana to see Lake Titicaca for a week.  It will be nice to have an extended time off, to recuperate and to do a little traveling!

Well I hope all is well with all of you.  I love to hear from all of you and to keep in touch!  Thanks for reading!

-Sarah