Monday-Thursday, during which we catch up on stuff. Lots and lots of stuff.

Monday: No work for us, so I started on my huge list of things to do. I had a bunch of things to do for the Christmas pageant, and I had to do lesson plans, and *gah* so much. I have eventually caught up on emails, and blog, and making copies of that which I actually have to make copies (Dr. Gemechu said he would print something for me). I just have to have Cameron finish translating the Amharic script into English letters for me, and figure out who gets what pages of the script. I emailed Darwin for help with an ASL song, and… things on my list I cannot read any more.
On Tuesday, we had a mini meeting with everyone. We found out that WE HAVE A DOCTOR! Whoever it is currently in the Darfur region of the Sudan, but is coming here in three weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Like I said…!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God is so good. We made copies of some stuff for the Christmas pageant. Dr. Gemechu had told me that I also had a box, and they brought it for me that morning! There were a lot of books for the kids, as well as some for me (which was good, since I left two with Cassie in Gimbie), and some food things! YAY! Jill sent Anisha three boxes, and Anisha spent all day in town to get them. They had so much stuff in them! They were originally for Thanksgiving, but since we got them after Thanksgiving, we are going to save some for Christmas. I got a round of applause from 2B, but a lot of them left before class started. I seem to be also having attendance problems, like Anisha. Punk kids. I will make sure that they do not leave today. I mean, I have no problem with the kids who live over an hour away leaving early, but 1/3 of them do not live that far away.
On Wednesday we helped Amanuel with organizing the pharmacy. They organize things by body system, which is nifty. Anisha missed class again, because she was sick. Poor sick Anisha.
At 2:45, Cameron went to the bathroom—he told me to write that. After class, Cameron and I tried to go play foot tetherball, but it was not there. Pup and Rocky come to me when I call them, and they love to be pet and scratched (they have fleas…) and Pup will follow me, too. We need to give him a proper name. So we gave up on soccer, but then someone brought a BASKETBALL!!! And since the ground is hard a dry enough, it bounced well enough. Cameron stole a trash can off a tree and we taped it to the top of the soccer goal and played for awhile. Then we played soccer with a basketball.
Today is Thursday, and we played UNO and helped Amanuel put in prices for the pharmacy. I am having trouble making Excel turn a cell red if the value goes below a certain number (it works on my computer, but not Amanuel’s…). WHOOPEE, I may have figured it out. Schweet. Third grade was so noisy today. I made them put their heads on their desks at the end of class until they were quiet. Then we finished the question we were doing. They kept asking for the time, and I said that it did not matter :-D. Our toilet broke. I broke a knob on a drawer this morning. Oops. Solomon is here to fix the toilet, though. I am finally “done” with the Christmas pageant. I printed a partial script for everyone (only the pages with their lines), and Cameron translated the Amharic script into English characters and I highlighted everyone’s lines and I am almost through with adding up the costume yardage… er… meterage. I emailed Darwin so maybe he will help me with the song in ASL, and now I just need practical ideas for blocking and stuff. Otherwise, I will make it up… or pretend I know what I am doing. Heehee.