I am Alive...

I have to confess that I wasn't quite sure I was gonna make it to today. Yesterday morning I woke up feeling like crap. I was experiencing all symptoms of a cold unlike my last cold that was mostly just a sore throat and alot of coughing which I don't think I ever got over. I really was going to stay home but not too long after Roman had left to go to the archive I received a call from the first school that I gave my resume to. The guys name was Ricardo and he asked me if I spoke spanish and I told him "Yo hablo poquito pero yo entiendo mucho" which means "I speak a little but I understand alot". He said that it was fine and asked me to come by the school @ 2pm because he had a "business proposition" for me. I gladly accepted and proceded to wonder how exactly I was going to get there. I had no minutes on my cell phone and in order to get some I would have to go to the store to buy a prepaid card so that I would call Roman and tell him that I had to come to the city for an interview. I really didn't feel like going since my cold was really kicking my ass. Not only that but I had never went anywhere alone here because I don't really know my way around yet and this GOD FORSAKEN COUNTRY doesn't believe in maps. Fortunately Roman actually called me since incoming calls are free here. We decided that since Roman was already in the city that he would go and buy a prepaid card and recharge my phone remotely, incase I needed to call if there was a problem while I was on my way. Then he had to tell me what to say to the *concho driver in order to him to know when to let me off. I suppose this would fall under...

New Phrases in Spanish = Donde pueda (Let me out!)

Anyway, the first trip went well. I made it to my interview and the good news is...

I GOT MY FIRST TEACHING JOB!!!

I will be working on Saturdays for about 3 hours. I start this Saturday by taking a test in English and then the guy will go over the rules with me and he said that after about two weeks he might have a lot more opportunities but he said that in the mean time I could also apply for other schools (which I already did that day) and he said that the other schools might also be calling me because I can work for more than one school at a time. From what Roman says, there are kids that start school in the morning and kids who start school in the afternoons. That menas that there are alot of possibilities for teaching here.

After my interview was finished with I think my body decided to go into overtime with this cold because my temperature was almost 101 F and later when I got home I went to sleep and woke up with Roman in a panic and my temperature was almost 102 F. He said that I wasn't responding at all when he was trying to wake me up. He had called his sister and his mother. I guess that proves what a lot of people have been saying about Dominicans. They do help people in need. Especially when they are Americans. I have heard this mostly about people in Santiago. So, it wasn't too long before my fever actually broke and I was no longer delirious. Fortunately, today I am feeling so much better.

I am also rather fortunate that I actually went to the city to my interview because from the way I was feeling after the interview Roman decided to not go in for an extra day at work and he wouldn't have been there when I wasn't doing so well.

*concho - small car fitting 6 passengers costing 8 pesos per person that drives the same route repeatedly. Similar to circus car filled with clowns =)

<3 Lotus