I'm back!!!

Well, I undoubtedly had mixed feelings about leaving my family and the USA, but now that I'm back in Honduras, I'm so happy to be here! As soon as I stepped off the plane in San Pedro Sula and remembered what I'm coming back to, I became really, really excited.

We headed back to Gracias on Monday of this week, and then had one day to get ourselves situated before starting school again on Wednesday. Our first day back, for me, was hilarious. My students are seven and eight years old, and I have always kind of taken it for granted that they are just really cuddly. They always come and hug me and kind of hang on me or hold my hands... they are just really affectionate! But on Wednesday, they were straight-up shy. They looked at me really timidly before making their way over to their seats- it was almost like they didn't know how to act around me! It was super cute. They were so quiet, they sat in their seats in near silence for a good six or seven minutes before the bell rang...something that never happens in our class! It was so funny.

Before long, though, they were back to their rambunctious selves. It was really great to see them again- I missed them. I am starting to feel a little pressure, because now we are halfway through the year, and I'm beginning to feel like my teacher clock is ticking. I only have half a year more with them, and I really want to make sure that I have absolutely done everything I can to help them grow. A couple of them were asking me on Wednesday if I'm going to be their teacher next year... they said that they don't want me to leave. I almost started crying right then and there! June already seems to be looming. I just have to be really aware of making the most of every minute I have here...I really am so happy to be in Honduras.