So, it has been a while since I've been on here to catch everyone up on my day-to-day life. After a few long weeks with things being stressful and frustrating at school, with other issues of things at home, and what was supposed to be a relaxing weekend in Leon that turned in to me getting my bag stolen, I decided to take a step back from everything. I have disconnected myself these past few weeks, putting my computer away and finding some other way to rewind at the end of my long days. Thankfully, after a few weeks of my mind running crazy, I am feeling more at peace... and can connect back to the world at home that continues on without me, without feeling as though I want to go back.
But now- I have climbed out of my slump and am back in my normal routine. On top of that, though I have been really busy and have had long days, I have been so happy finally being able to have my own personal artwork (not teaching a class), as part of my responsibility each day! La Esperanza has recently built a new school in an incredibly poor community at the foot of Volcan Mombacho and the director of my program asked if I could put my creativeness to use and make the pre-school room colorful. Finally, after three months of being here (and thinking that I was going to be doing this stuff from the start), I have had the ability to express myself a bit through doing this painting, to use this as an outlet to de-stress and clear my head, to put to use my creative mind and to make this passion of mine a part of my work here. It's wonderful to finally have the materials and space to do all of this, to have this opportunity for personal reasons while at the same time, hopefully creating an inviting place that will bring a smile to every child's face that walks in to that class. Though I was required to paint the alphabet and numbers, and this wasn't all that challenging, I enjoyed simply painting... leaving my mark. For as long as the walls of this school stands, my artwork will be there.
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