"Teacher Brittney! Teacher Brittney!"

Ohla,
    At last, I have found the love of my life! It is teaching!!! I love walking into school and hearing "Teacher Brittney! Teacher Brittney!" (imagine a cute little Brazilian accent) then receiving hugs from my kids! Seriously, does it get any better than this? So, I am for sure that I will always work with kids!          


     Right now, Caleb and I are learning how to teach the English classes and we are teaching a U.S.A. history and Geography workshop (A workshop is class to help with the kids English).  This week we drew a map of "the states" on the floor and after gaining a basic knowledge of the states we played games with the map! It has been awesome! I love lesson planning, teaching, interacting with the kids, and most of all loving them!

    However, I wore cute new black flats the first day of school and now i have ridiculous blisters on my poor little feet.  Well, one is the size of the toe it's on so it looks more like a deformation but hey, I already have 2 different feet why not add a little variety in there, right? Moral of the story, always go with TOMS.  
    Last Wednesday we had a family from the school over for dinner.  The student's names are Vinicios (4th grade) and Gabbi (1st grade).  We fed them American food and I have never seen small children devour ranch at such a rate on so many edible objects! It was super funny. Needless to say, the ranch was a hit! This Saturday we are going over to their house for a Brazlilan breakfast!
    Emily and I visited a town called Lagoa on Friday to advertise English classes at the local high school.  Boy, oh boy, let me tell you! it was already a chaotic scene when we got there (complete disregard for the bell). Kids were all over the place and teachers were no where to be found.  When they found out we were American they were following us everywhere! I think they will be really suprised when they show up to the English lessons and it is a pregnant woman and her husband teaching not the single American girls.
    In order to keep this fine apartment clean, we have all been designated a domestic day.  A day in which we clean, do laundry, etc (I add cooking because we all know if I only have to do that once I am walking on sunshine).  So, this was my first time cleaning in Brazil and let me tell you I deserve the domestic award! If you really want your laundry clean, you should hand scrub it first then you hang it on the roof of the complex to dry.
  It is all tile flooring so cleaning the floors is much more than plugging in a vaccuum.  The oven, stove, etc are lit by match and have no high or low settings, its all high.  There is no hot water in the kitchen. After cooking, cleaning, and doing laundry in these conditions I am domesticated! I deserve a "preacher''s wife worthy" trophy! So, next time you run hot water in your sink, do some laundry, or turn on your oven or stove, think of me with pity.
    Still loving you all but missing you less (because of the kids)!
Love your not Britney Spears, not Justin Beiber's sister (because of my fringe), not Emily or Lindsay's sister (really we look nothing alike) girl,


Brittney