Wednesday (my Friday) all over again. This afternoon I went
to the office where they look after notifying parents when a teacher want to
see them. I wanted to call a boy’s parents
to tell them I would like to have his hearing checked. There are about three
secretaries in the office. One of them
was finding the dad’s name and number. When she handed me the phone I asked her
quickly to tell me the dad’s name so I could say hello Mr. …… It was a difficult name so I was trying to
practice it so I could say his name correctly when he answered. Got through the
phone call but all through it the secretaries were giggling and laughing so
much they were wiping the tears from their eyes. After I hung up and through
more giggles they told me that instead of saying his name I was saying a VERY
bad word in Arabic!
This afternoon after school I did what I have wanted to do
for a long time, swim! I waked to the beach from school and found a deserted
spot and went in the water. I felt the way a nudist would feel on Port
Hood Beach, since no local ladies swim there in a bathing suit and in the
distance there was a sizable group of ladies covered by abayas (black cloak),
(quite a contrast to my bathing suit). But it was worth it, the water was so,
so warm. No 'gasp' when submerging! I went out just waist deep,
shallow enough to be safe and deep enough not to hit the bottom.
This afternoon at 5:00 the school has a Bazaar, something
the same as we have home……but no homemade baked goods, mostly reselling
commercial food they bought. Lots of people and lots of little Filipino
nannies, almost the same size as some of the kids.
Abayas and balloons.
