Things I forgot to remember

2 funny things from the national conference:

-one night all of the trainees were called up in front of everyone at one of our night time fiestas. I was like oh this is nice, they`re going to introduce us to everyone...instead they auctioned us off to the crowd! I´m glad I got to go in a pair with Lizi from Brazil...we sold for 13,000 pesos. I know you`re impressed, the exchange rate is go good that`s like 13,000 dollars (lies), someone really wanted us. Don´t worry there were no contracts or anything involved, and conversation is the only thing that followed!

-for our role call (the opening dance), Cynthia, Jason, and I got put right at the front-- and apparently we did a good job because afterwards the crowd started chanting "U.S. solito! U.S. solito!" It baffles me that the Colombians couldn´t lean this relatively simple choreography...but they all insisted that they can´t learn a dance, they dance by feeling the music. I think they`re actually right because Colombians are amazing dancers!

-Today was the 2nd time the secretary at my office told me I needed to get my purse off the floor because otherwise people will think I`m poor. I´m not really sure where that line of thinking came from, I mean if Cameron Diaz comes in and sets her Gucci bag down on the floor, will people think she´s poor?

An excerpt from an email from my sister Emily (:) love ya em, mean it):
I think I am going to have tables in my classroom, instead of desks, to conserve space- since I will have 29 children in there with me, we will need as much space as possible! (Sorry, I just realized this is probably boring, you don't need details whether I am utilizing tables or desks)

Despite what you may think I love hearing about space utilization, among other things, so you should all send emails my way and I´ll be sure to respond: mollymreddy@gmail.com