Holy cow, the month has disappeared! We returned from holiday to a busy start to term 2 at Walmer. Each of our classes is getting into their projects and it's been fun for us to watch them get excited about it. The grade 9s are really taking off with their "create their own restaurant projects," and are even bringing in outside materials/magazines/etc to make their part of the project better. The grade 8s are still working through some of the introductory lessons of how to create a good cookbook, but are on pace to dive into their groupwork here shortly! This month has been filled with national holidays, which continue this weekend as we have a half day Thursday and no school Friday, Monday, or Tuesday! Our weeks have been very full with class preparations, Xhosa classes, training new library prefects, university club, and other mini projects- but we're enjoying having such full days.
This past weekend was IronMan South Africa in PE (we watched much of it from our living room window)! It was incredible to see what these athletes put their body through over the course of a day. We woke up at 7am to walk down and watch the athletes getting out of the ocean and on to their bikes, and when I went to bed at 10pm, I could still see many athletes running the marathon leg of the triathalon from my bedroom window. It was wild to watch how long these athletes could compete for- the swim started at 7 and they had until midnight to complete the course (3.8k swim, 180k bike, 42 k run). I had a few friends from my running club competing, so it was fun to watch for them as well.
This upcoming long weekend will be full of fun little activities. The NFL draft is on Thursday night, and for those of you who have spent any time with me in the fall, you know how much football means to me. It's on at 1am here, but I have 4 guy friends who are keen to stay up and watch so we're going to make a night of it! On Saturday, the City Lads (the women's soccer team from PE that our Grassroots soccer friends are close with) are playing in their first playoff game in East London, a town about 3 hours up the coast from us. A big group of us are going to drive up for the day to watch them play and then stay the night in a little beach town about 30 minutes away. There is a lot on the line for them this game so we are excited to be able to go and support! Then we will be able to return to PE and relax on Monday and Tuesday before school picks up again. On Friday of that next week, Alice and I are flying to Capetown/Stellenbosch for my birthday- so we have a few busy weekends ahead! (we live a tough life, I know).
The seasons and different school year here keep up constantly confused- because it is moving into winter here, Alice and I are constantly feeling like its September/October. Yet we are reminded by our American friends and family that summer is on the way at home, school is wrapping up, and it is indeed almost May! I'm looking forward to the upcoming weekends and turning a year older in the winelands! Lots of love to everyone, xx
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