woa! where'd the sun go?!

We had a 75% solar eclipse today. I know I must have seen an eclipse before, I can not recall it. This one I watched laying down on my balcony, looking at the reflection of the sun in the window of my balcony door. Some of my students were below me with those glasses things and for sure thought I was nuts for laying on my balcony like that, but I don't care because I saw it! I watched the black semi-circle move across the sun...The world got a little dimmer...And then it was over. And I was covered in dust.

This morning, a beautiful morning by the way, I went to the school for two orders of little business: 1. get my director's signature on a form and 2. to pay for my ticket to Greece with the 12th grade in May. Since I was going to be fast, I wore my 2-sizes-too-big jeans, LVC sweatshirt and no makeup (did I mention I haven't showered since Monday?) What could possibly happen?

A photo shoot. THAT's what could possibly happen.

I walked up to my school to find my director outside with a woman with a camera. She pulled me up to stand next to her without even so much as a greeting, then told me to go upstairs and unlock the super-nice English room a previous volunteer built. They followed me up the four flights and grabbed a bunch of my eighth graders from the hallway to pretend to be my class. I pretended to teach them, and they pretended to learn, for a few minutes while the lady walked around snapping photos. The director took the cloth that was resting on the broken television away, showing the prosperity of the school.

After the shoot, I asked them what the pictures were for. They, apparently, will be used in a presentation on the school's holiday at the end of April. Super. Here is our Peace Corps Volunteer, in all her scrubby glory.

Anyway, I'm sick of writing. Haven't been in the mood for a while. Hopefully this will pass soon, and I will find joy in storytelling again.