Spring Carnival at Highlands

So this is what our Spring Carnival looked like - it was the perfect day, blazingly hot and sunny! If Carlos hadn't gotten me an umbrella for the ticket booth I was manning, I would be fried to a crisp, sunblock or no sunblock. The Carnival was held to raise money for the school. I sold tickets for the games, which included "Pie in the Face" and "Dunk a Teacher," as well as other activities like balloon darts, pony riding (not kidding!), and face painting.

My favourite part was the "Wet Jail" - you paid two tickets to put someone of your choice in the jail, where they were soaked with the hose (again, good thing it was a hot day!). To get out, they had to pay a ransom of two tickets, or get someone else to pay a ransom for them if they were too impoverished to do so. The teachers were especially picked on as jail targets!

And other than that, life goes on as usual, with the occasional novelty. For example, the other day (another scorcher actually) I had to take a long bus ride home, and the ONE empty seat beside me was filled with FOUR upper-elementary students, all squirming and being noisy and practically sitting on my lap. That was a new one to me. Oh, and also, there is construction being done down the street a ways, and so our water is being cut off a lot more frequently than normal. This means cold showers, or sometimes no showers. I am learning to take a shower whenever the water gets turned on, even up to 9 pm. Live and learn!

Love to everyone,
And a big "hello" to Abby, Sam, Matthew, and Jessica,
from Rachael